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SELF HELP GROUP

SELF HELP GROUP The government is working on increasing the annual income of each woman in the Self Help Group to Rs one lakh by 2024. About SHGs They are an informal group of people who choose to come together to find a way to improve their living standards and conditions. It is a self-governed, peer-controlled information group of people with similar socio-economic backgrounds and having an aim to collectively perform a common purpose. The motto of self-help is to encourage self-employment and poverty alleviation. Objective of SHGs To frame the functional capacity of the poor and marginalized in the…

02 July, 2022 SHG

DAY NRLM - Lakhpati SHG Women

To bring a sharper focus on moving women to the higher economic order, the Ministry of Rural Development launched an initiative on creating Lakhpati SHG women, to enable rural SHG women to earn at least Rs.1 lakh per annum.  For the realization of this ambitious goal, the Ministry has envisioned livelihood support to 25 million rural SHG women in the next 2 years. Based on various models existing across the country, a detailed advisory has been issued to the State Governments. In the consultation on 28.10.2021, the importance of well-planned interventions to diversify livelihood activities at the household level ranging…

30 October, 2021 SHG

SHGs Fight against Covid-19 -  SELF HELP GROUP

SHGs Fight against Covid-19 -  SELF HELP GROUP Part of: GS-II- Governance- SHG  (PT-MAINS-PERSONALITY TEST) Women members of around 63 lakh Self Help Groups (SHGs) across the country formed under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), Ministry of Rural Development are contributing in every possible way to contain the spread of Covid-19. All State Rural Livelihoods Missions (SRLMs) have been made aware of the various aspects of the disease including the need to maintain personal hygiene, social distancing etc. through Audio Visual (AV) Information, Education and Communication (IEC) material and advisories. SRLMs are using all the information to ensure that the correct message is communicated to…

14 April, 2020 SHG

COVID-19 and SHG – Self Help Group

COVID-19 and SHG – Self Help Group Part of: GS Prelims and GS-II- Governance-SHG (PT-MAINS-PERSONALITY TEST) Around 78,000 self help group members of 27 state rural livelihood mission produces about 2 crore masks. About two crore masks have been produced by around 78 thousand Self Help Group members of 27 State Rural Livelihood Missions. Rural Development Ministry has said that around five thousand Personal Protective Equipment, PPE kits have been manufactured by these groups in various states including Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Karnataka.  The masks have been supplied to the state health departments, Local Self Government, local administration,…

13 April, 2020 SHG

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