Self Help Groups (shgs)

According to Soumya Kanti Ghosh, State Bank of India's group Chief Economic Adviser, self-help group (SHG) members seem to favour transacting digitally, with expenditure via ATMs nearly constant from 2018-19 to 2022-23.

Rural development ministry signs pact with SBI to facilitate loans for SHGs

The MoU was signed by Additional Secretary Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission, Charanjit Singh and Chief General Manager, State Bank of India, Corporate office Mumbai, Shantanu Pendsey.

Chhattisgarh CM transfers Rs 15 crore online to beneficiaries as part of Godhan Nyay Yojana

The state government had launched GNY scheme in July 2020 under which cow dung is procured at Rs 2 per kilogram at gauthans and is used to prepare vermicompost.

Loans worth Rs 7.81 crore disbursed to women SHGs in Latur under Maha govt programme

Loan disbursal to the SHGs is aimed at increasing the income of women and their families by empowering them financially.

AAI partners with self help groups for sale of locally-developed products at airports

Self Help Groups (SHGs) are already showcasing their products at 12 airports, including at Agartala, Kushinagar, Udaipur and Madurai, under the AVSAR (Airport as Venue for Skilled Artisans of the Region) initiative.

Solar mini-grids fuel women-led enterprises in Jharkhand’s Gumla district

Jharkhand’s Gumla district is among the most backward districts of the state as per government classification. About 69 percent of the district’s population belongs to a tribal community.

Govt will develop e-commerce platform for products made by women SHGs in villages: PM Modi

Addressing the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the occasion of 75th Independence Day, PM Modi said the government has also awakened the aspirations of those districts which were believed to have been left behind in the development journey.

SLBC fixes MSME disbursement target Rs 90,000 crore this fiscal

In the last fiscal the MSME disbursement target was Rs 74,000 crore.

ICICI Bank disbursed Rs 5,500cr to women SHGs in last 5 yrs

The country's largest private sector ICICI Bank said it has loaned over Rs 5,500 crore to more than 25 lakh women in rural India in last five years, envisioning financial inclusion and empowerment.