Abstract
The present study makes an attempt to evaluate the performance of SHGs and sustaining the reduction in poverty through empowerment. The study is designed with objectives of examining the impact of Self Help Groups on economic empowerment of women and offer policy suggestions for sustaining women's empowerment through self help groups. The primary data were collected by canvassing the structured interview schedule for the sample households of 200 in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka State. It is found that a larger proportion of SHG members have actively taken part in economic domains of their life. In spite several intricacies in the process, NGO has been more successful in mobilizing the women members and building their economic and social empowerment of them and thereby bringing them on to mainstream development of the rural economy.
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