Women Empowerment through Kudumbashree - A Micro-finance Project with Special Reference to Cochin Corporation

Abstract

Women empowerments focus on providing more space for women to establish themselves. The current socio-economic status of our state provide wide opportunities for women to flourish, one among them is Kudumbashree projects. It was introduced by State Poverty Mission of Kerala State Government in the year 1998.This empowerment mission is possible through Micro Financing Scheme of Kudumbashree, which will enable the weaker section of the women community in rural as well as urban areas to improve their economic and financial backgrounds. The main objective of this study is to check whether there is any reduction in the indebtness of members of kudumbshree from money lenders for starting new ventures and the support from government agencies to provide themselves corpus fund for their working. For the study, primary data is collected by using a structured questionnaire from 100 samples; each sample is selected from 100 different units in Cochin Corporation, using cluster sampling. Data analysis was done with the help of Z test and Likert scale.