Sushila1, K.N.S. Banafar2, Sumit Kumar Sori3
1Department of Agriculture, Government of Chhattisgarh, C.G
2Department of Agriculture Economics, IGKV, Raipur, C.G
3Department of EES, Institute of Agriculture, Visva-Bharati, Shantiniketan, W.B
E-Mail ID- sushila18sinha@gmail.com
Abstract: Socio economic upliftment of women has been increasingly recognized as a crucial factor for any country’s sustainable development in recent decades.The Self-Help Group (SHG) has provided social opportunities to take women about various rights, entitlements and development programmes as well as starting income generation activities for sustainable earning and self-employment. The study was carried out in Balod Block of Durg District of Chhattisgarh purposely because there were maximum numbers of women SHGs (79) linked with banks. The study determines the economics of Goatry activity adopted by the women SHGs under Nawa-Anjor project and also the upliftment of the women’s by goatry farming which gives additional income to their family besides crop cultivation. The income generation from goatry (Rs.77330.00 per 40 goats with average 1:1.45 input output ratio) is much higher than their family’s farming average income (Rs.50260.00 per hectare with 1:1.33 average input output ratio). After joining the SHG, member’s income was rose which further help in betterment of their social and economic status in family and also in society.
Keywords: SHG, Chhattisgarh, Goatry SHGs, Women Empowerment, Socio-economic upliftment
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