This article analyzes the causes of economic growth. The authors revise social influences on the maintenance of economic expansion rates as a cause and effect together with maintaining the balance between aggregate demand and supply. They also give the main factors which give an impulse to a...

Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) is a government-sponsored microfinance program. The scheme is based on four features: group lending with joint liability, progressive lending, back-ended subsidy, and social capital. We propose a new model of SGSY having these features: group lending...