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Women Empowerment is now considered as a issue of global arena, because the country’s development path in inevitably linked with the social & economic plight of female participation in the nation’ road of progress. Women constitute almost 50% of the population and play a significant transformation of a country. With the time being it becomes essential that women should be economically be developed as in the line with the policy of liberalization the Indian economy. Empowerment of female members by involving in Self-help Group, which is being popularized by Prof. Mohammed Yunus, a Nobel Laureate of Bangladesh along with the theory of “Grameen Bank”, can bring enviable changes and enhancement of the living conditions of women in developing countries. Self-help Group or SHG, an effective tool to empower female citizen socially and economically, where in India a still a major segment of female population are exploited and deprived of the basic rights. The present study is being conducted in nagarbera revenue block of Kamrup district. The study aims to look at the role and performance of SHGs in empowering women, the socio-economic benefits and their decision making ability in family as well as community. For the study primary & secondary sources have been considered. Analysis of results have been computed by percentage method. The study concludes that financial autonomy, training programs, community participation are enabling factor to achieve goal.

Keywords

Socio-economic benefits; Women empowerment; Self-help Group

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