FINANCIAL AND INFRASTRUCTURAL SUPPORT SYSTEM TOWARDS SHG’S: EVIDENCES FROM ASSAM

SHGs are set up with certain objectives and to achieve their objectives the SHGs need to follow a particular system. The objectives of SHGs are framed by National Institute of Rural Development, National Rural Livelihood Mission and different State Livelihood Missions and apart from these, many other agencies, are entrusted with the responsibility of development of rural India by providing essential help towards the women folk of our society. SHG is a distinctive programme for promotion and empowerment of rural folk mainly for upgrading the marginalized fraction. SHGs aims to include women as members with minimum or without any educational, entrepreneurial and industrial background to become self reliant through instilling self confidence so that they can develope their own decision making capacity and can solve problems on their own. In this particular study effort is being made to identify the support system developed by various agencies help the SHGs to achieve their target. Along with Financing pattern followed by agencies to the SHGs, infrastructural requirements of SHGs are also considered in this study