 Economic and social benefits of SHG-bank linkage programme in KarnatakaMeenakshi Rajeev (),
B P Vani and
Veerashekharappa
No 415, Working Papers from Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore Abstract: Among the several SHG models, Self-Help Groups (SHGs) formed under the Self-Help Group-Bank Linkage Programme (SBLP) supported by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), is a prominent one. The programme encourages the members, primarily women, to access banks directly as a group. This helps them enhance their level of financial inclusion and literacy, and especially aids them to access credit for income-generating activities. This paper is based on a field survey conducted in three districts of Karnataka, and examines how the accessibility to credit is enhanced by the programme for rural women and how it has impacted their income-generating capabilities. The paper also highlights the concerns pertaining to credit delivery that still remain to be addressed. Taking up the issue of costs of borrowing, including transaction costs, the paper shows that the transaction costs contribute only marginally to the cost of borrowing and hence argues that the programme which has many benefits, both social and economic, especially for women, should be strengthened and expanded further. Keywords: Self-help; group; Rural; development (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:sch:wpaper:415 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Working Papers from Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore Contact information at EDIRC. |
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