A study on entrepreneurial behaviour of self-help group members under National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) in Lakhimpur Kheri District of Uttar Pradesh

Abstract

The study was conducted during the year 2022-23 in Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh state to measure the entrepreneurial behaviour of Self Help Group Members under National Rural Livelihood Mission. The three components of entrepreneurial behaviour were undertaken to evaluate the status of entrepreneurial behaviour such as, innovativeness, leadership ability and self-confidence. In Lakhimpur Kheri district, Nighasan and Pasgawan block was purposefully selected for the present study, since it is dominated with the maximum self-help group members were working under National Rural Livelihood Mission in areas. A sample of 100 Respondents was selected by using proportionate random sampling technique with personnel interview from two selected gram panchayat and 10 SHGs from each gram panchayat. Total 20 SHGs (each block total fifty respondents) were selected randomly. The results showed that majority of SHG members (57.00 percent) had a medium level of innovativeness, majority (55.00 percent) of SHG members had a medium level of leadership ability, large proportion (72.00 percent) of SHG members had a medium level of self-confidence and 64.00 percent of SHG members belonged to medium level of overall entrepreneurial behaviour. The study also revealed that variables i.e., age, caste, education, occupation, land holding and social participation was found highly significant and positively correlated with entrepreneurial behaviour of SHG members.