When we talk of fighting the problem of poverty, the only answer is to create broad base economic growth by involving large number of women that will not only bring the changes in individual but also in family, community and institutions. They must be empowered to think independently and...

The Self Help Group (SHG)-Bank Linkage Programme, in the past nineteen years, has become a well known tool for bankers, developmental agencies and even for corporate houses. SHGs, in many ways, have gone beyond the means of delivering the financial services as a channel and turned out to be...