Self-Help Groups
The Government has prioritised the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), aimed at raising the annual income of each woman in self-help groups (SHGs) to Rs 1 lakh by 2024. Under the National Rural Livelihood Mission, 7.7 crore women have been mobilised into 70 lakh SHGs.
About Self-Help Groups (SHGs)
- SHGs are informal associations of people who come together to find ways to improve their living conditions. They are generally self-governed and peer-controlled.
- The genesis of SHG in India can be traced to formation of Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) in 1970.
- It is not a static institution; it grows on the resources and ....
Do You Want to Read More?
Subscribe Now
To get access to detailed content
Already a Member? Login here
Take Annual Subscription and get the following Advantage
The annual members of the Civil Services Chronicle can read the monthly content of the magazine as well as the Chronicle magazine archives.
Readers can study all the material since 2018 of the Civil Services Chronicle monthly issue in the form of Chronicle magazine archives.
Society Watch
- 1 Students’ Mental Health Concerns: SC Forms National Task Force
- 2 Women’s Role in India’s Financial Growth Socio- Economic
- 3 Government Starts Social Protection Data Pooling Exercise
- 4 CBSE’s Draft Scheme for Two Examinations
- 5 NHRC’s Core Group Meeting on ASHAs
- 6 Nari Adalats: Women-only Courts for Alternative Dispute Resolution
- 7 Swavalambini: Empowering Women Entrepreneurs
- 8 India Hosts First-Ever Regional Dialogue on Social Justice
- 9 BIMSTEC Youth Summit 2025
- 10 NITI Aayog’s Workshop on Enabling Women-Led Development through Entrepreneurship
