An Empirical Study on Microfinance and Women Empowerment in Karimnagar District of Telangana State, India

Sujatha Gangadhar, M. S. Bhat, P. Malyadr

Abstract


This study had considered three (3) factors of women empowerment namely Health Awareness (HA), Legal Awareness (LA) and Political Awareness (PA). Empirical study was conducted on SC and ST Self Help Group (SHG) members through a structured questionnaire relating to pre-loan and post loan period.  Results revealed that microfinance programs have been successful in improving the Health Awareness, but had a limited impact on Legal Awareness and Political Awareness factors among the SC and ST women after participation in the SHG programme. The main objective of this paper is to study the impact of Microfinance on empowerment  of  Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) women in Karimnagar District of Telangana State, India. The results indicate that participation in the SHG programmes by the SC and ST women helps in overall empowerment


Keywords


Microfinance; Women empowerment; SHGs; Pre-loan; Post-loan

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