Impact of Swarna Jayanthi Gram swarojgar yojana (SGSY) on women empowerment

Abstract

The Swarna Jayanthi Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY), a government sponsored microfinance program is perhaps the largest of its kind in the world. The scheme aims a large number of micro enterprises in the rural areas through the intervention of Gram Panchayaths by establishing a large number of Self Help Groups (SHG). At present majority of district area covered by the projectur district comprises 13 blocks out of which sambhar block is selected purposively because the maximum area of the block covered by SGSY project. It was found from the study that that Overall empowerment of beneficiaries medium level and non-beneficiaries low level of empowerment.