Abstract

Self-Help groups (SHGs) are informal associations of people who choose to come together to find ways to improve their living conditions and livelihoods, all voluntarily coming together to save small sums of money, on a regular basis. Gothan and Godhan Nyay Yojna of Chhattisgarh are the schemes based on providing profits to the women SHGs and livestock rearers through vermicompost business and selling cow dung respectively. The study aims to examine the performance of Gothan and Godhan Nyay Yojna through the objective of identify the socio-economic status of Self Help Group members and Livestock rearers and analyze the impact of Gothan and Godhan Nyay Yojna on the income of SHGs and livestock rearers. The present study was carried out in Bilaspur, Janjgir-Champa and Raigarh districts of Chhattisgarh with a sample size of 120 members from 12 SHGs and 240 livestock rearers registered under selected areas Gothan. Impact of income of the scheme on Model Gothan SHGs was higher (26 percent). The overall impact of scheme on income of selected self help groups were 21.5 per cent. Impact of scheme on the Income of livestock rearers under Model Gothan’s was highest (38 percent). The average impact of scheme on the selected livestock rearers was 30.5 per cent.

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