Sustainability of Women Self-Help Groups

Women participation in self-help groups had resulted in empowering them in all spheres of life say socially economically and psychologically. Confidence is built among the sample women after joining SHGs. Self-esteem is achieved by the sample women. Women are actively participate in decision making in the household after joining SHGs. However decision making with respect to major purchases and vote on own is not achieved in the case of majority of the sample respondents.