Performance of Self Help Groups (SHGs): An Empirical Analysis of Moyna Block in Purba Medinipur District (West Bengal)

Abstract

SHG is one of the latest phenomenons of anti-poverty programme. The study tries to examine economic changes that have occurred to the rural poor as a result of their after joining SHG. The study consider the Moyna block under district of Purba Medinipur in west Bengal and a total of 530 SHGs are selected at random from 44 villages. These 44 villages have been selected at randomly from 11 Gram Panchayat (G.P,). The findings of study revealed that the rural poor were successful in their savings habit, internal lending, and increasing income in post –SHG situation. Field level study also shows that each member has taken loan and earns money after taking IGAs/MEs. The study concluded that the poor people change their life pattern in post-SHG situation that in pre-SHG situation by means of earning with the involvement of income generating activities.