Purposes for promoting Self Help Group

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Purposes behind promoting SHGs.

The fundamental aim of promoting SHGs is poverty alleviation and to achieve empowerment of women. The recent trends show significant changes in the promotional strategies for the SHGs.


Financial needs like banking, saving, insurance etc, getting subsidies, building organisations to gain political power also, are the purposes behind some of the SHGs.


Today like Bangladesh & India, SHG movement is spreading in other Asian Countries and Latin America, Africa etc. SHG movement has got importance in the social movement.

This year (2005) the Central Government of India has announced a plan to promote7 lakh SHGs, all over the country.


The State Government of Maharashtra has also announced to promote 5 lakh SHGs within next 2 years (i.e. 2005 to 2007)
 
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