VIJAYAWADA: Union Minister of State for Health and family welfare Bharati Pravin Pawar said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would sanction a loan to the tune of Rs. Speaking on the occasion, the Union minister said that the Centre, which had set up SHGs all over the country, would sanction loans to them to help the women realise financial self-sustenance …
17 years on, Tanwa has 150 members with individual investments of up to `500, all equally involved in the production and marketing of food products, including snacks, rice and pickles and dairy products. Besides these, the SHG has been seminal in putting an end to usury in the village by providing opportunities for women to start small businesses, helping cooperative …
When Abanti Das was handpicked as a candidate for the Dhamnagar byelection in Odisha on Wednesday, the biggest qualification the ruling Biju Janata Dal attributed to her candidature was her experience in the self-help group movement. Political analysts point out that women SHGs are solidly consolidated behind the regional party, a major reason behind the BJD’s successive electoral successes in …