IMPACT OF SELF HELP GROUP IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL WOMEN WITH REFERENCE TO DURG DISTRICT OF CHHATTISGARH

Self Help Groups (SHG) proves to effective tools of alleviating poverty. Self Help Group helps to enhance the living standard of rural women by providing them loan for their economic development. This paper attempts to deal with the economic development of rural women through Self Help Group with reference to Durg district of Chhattisgarh. A sample of 250 SHG members was considered for the study from the three blocks of Durg district. It is found from the study that Individual Economic Indicators has significant impact on Economic Development. It was found that two antecedents ie.; income and asset resources have significant impact on economic development.