PROBLEMS OF SELF HELP GROUPS: A MICRO STUDY

Abstract

Self Help Groups are instrumental for rural development but are facing numerous problems.
These problems include marketing, finance, quality product, infrastructure and facilitator’s
support. Hence certain suggestions like provision of adequate and timely finance, sufficient
infrastructure, capacity building and skill up-gradation, creation of adequate marketing facilities,
effective supervision and monitoring of investment activities, strong political will and inspection
of the end use of the loan are prescribed to sort out the above mentioned problems such that SHG
beneficiaries will flourish which will lead to rural development in the study area.