Authors : Prerana Dhumal & Hemlata Kolhe
Page Nos : 647- 658
Description :
The SHG movement definitely proved to be a spark to spread the fire of empowerment of women through development of concept of group entrepreneurship. Self Help Promoting Institutions (SHPIs) provide the necessary assistance like financial, training and skill development, procurement of raw material, infrastructure, marketing and technological support, guidance to SHGs in various matters concerning micro-enterprises. Therefore this research was conducted with the specific objectives to study and analyze the profile of SHG entrepreneurs to study kind of enterprises/ business activities taken up by SHGs, to know the kind of institutions supported to SHG entrepreneur in technology and financial assistance. Types of training acquired before set up of enterprises. The study was conducted in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra. Pretested structured interview schedule was administered for data collection. The statistical analyses were carried out by using SPSS 18.0 Software. The findings of the study revealed that most of the SHGs (94 and 98) of region have received financial assistance in the form of government subsidies under different schemes and assistance support, technical training and skill development from respective institutions. More than ¾th of the members of SHGs did attend training programs before starting or upgrading the enterprise. Majority of SHGs (72) member attended the training program on entrepreneurship development. Majority SHGs member indicated that the training had positive impact on their confidence, decision making and awareness pertaining to linkages in the Banks and credit related aspects. However, there was marginal improvement in skill development, marketing linkages and managerial ability respectively as a function of training.
