Diary of a Rural Manager!

A few days ago, I read a blog post ( Understanding Collective ) and a working paper ( The current and potential role of self-help group fede...

SHG Bank Linkage Model pioneered by NABARD served the dual purpose of financial inclusion as well as social empowerment for rural poor wom...

Why SHG movement failed in *North-East India but successful in Kerala ? Kerala and North East are both quite high in literacy rate and women...

It is time to invest in agriculture, rural development and food security. That's where the future of India lies.There is lot of women...

There is a lot of talk about inclusive growth through financial inclusion. The competition between banks has never brought credit to the poo...

The international standard for the definition of the poor i.e. a household that spends more than one-third of its income on food is followed...

SHGs were formed under Mission Shakti in Odisha. Odisha government started a validation and grading exercise to know SHG status in December ...

SHG Model in India :  “The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spread...

It is very essential for monitoring and evaluation to have solid data. There are thousands of functioning SHGs in the country. NRLM has take...

SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS:- The social inclusion process will include two steps; first to identify the left out poor, those who are not a part ...

Targeted Rural Initiatives for Poverty Termination & Infrastructure (TRIPTI) aims at enhancing the socio-economic status of the poor, es...