Asian Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities
Year : 2012, Volume : 2, Issue : 10
First page : ( 79) Last page : ( 94)
Print ISSN : 0000-0000. Online ISSN : 2249-7315.

Assessment of self-help groups from the lenses of poverty in Uttar Pradesh: A study of SGSY

Singh Monika*, Kumar Ajay*, Verma N.M.P**

*Research Scholar, Department of Economics, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow - 226025, India.

**Professor, Department of Economics, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow - 226025, India.

Online published on 6 October, 2012.

Abstract

Poverty is an economic as well as social phenomenon hence the tools to deal with poverty must inculcate socio-economic tilt. Self-help Groups are plugged with all possibilities regarding this tilt. This study relates the existence of Self-help Groups as a poverty eliminating tool. It is an attempt to check the viability of Self-help Groups in poverty reduction in Uttar Pradesh. This is a unique study with its district level application. Results are highly argumentative and present a challenge in its implementation.

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