Empirical Study on Self Help Groups Active Participation in Empowering Women, Punjab, India

Abstract

In general, women empowerment summons women folk to overcome the existing hindrances and hurdles to emerge themselves as a successful in economic, finance and mentally stable person in society. This study aims in exploring the role and participation of Self Help Groups- SHG in Ludhiana towards empowering women. This study is performed by analysing the data gathered from 373 respondents obtained from social media. To make the study more reliable, descriptive and conclusive, the study has performed a rigorous analysis using the statistical tool SPSS. The outcomes prove that SHGs and banks are playing certain crucial role in empowering women by making them empowered in factors like socially, economically, politically and psychologically.