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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2021, Volume : 9, Issue : 1
First page : (495) Last page : (500)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8558

Socio-Economic Profile of Self Help Group (SHG) members - A Study in Anantapur District of Andhra Pradesh

M. Tejaswini* and R.S. Panigrahi

Department of Extension Education, OUAT, Bhubaneshwar
*Corresponding Author E-mail: tejaswinimanchuri71@gmail.com
Received: 19.12.2020 | Revised: 28.01.2021 | Accepted: 4.02.2021 

 ABSTRACT

Self Help Groups (SHGs) are small voluntary association of people from the same socio-economic background with a purpose of solving their common problems through self-help and mutual help. Expost facto research design was used with well-constructed interview schedule. Anantapur district was purposively selected based on the highest number of SHGs in Andhra Pradesh. Three Mandals namely Bukkapatnam, Kothacheruvu and Puttaparthi were randomly selected for the research study. Two villages from each mandal were randomly selected and from each village 20 SHG members were selected thus making the total number of respondent 120. During the year 2019-20 the number of SHGs increased by 2.29 lakh with a corresponding increase in saving by Rs. 2,827.57 crore as on March 2020. The saving outstanding of SHG with Banks as on March 2020 has reached an all-time high of Rs. 26,152.05 crore. In view of the economic importance of SHGs in women empowerment a study on socio economic profile of SHG members were under taken. Study revealed that 50% of the respondents belonged to middle age group, 55.83% of women SHG members received high school education, 49.16% of respondents belonged to small farmer category having land up to 1 acre. The study revealed that majority i.e. 81.66 % of respondents belong to joint family category and 55 % respondents cited agriculture as their occupation.

Keywords: SHG, Women empowerment, Socio economic profile.

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Cite this article: Tejaswini, M., & Panigrahi, R. S. (2021). Socio-Economic Profile of Self Help Group (SHG) Members - A Study in Anantapur District of Andhra Pradesh, Ind. J. Pure App. Biosci. 9(1), 495-500. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8558