📄 Abstract
SHG-Bank Linkage Programme is a powerfull intermediation in microfinance to reach the bottom of pyramid. A proven policy initially perceived for increasing the outreach of banking services amongst the rural poor it has since initiated to a programme for upliftment of standard of living and reduce poverty. The Self-Help Group (SHG) process is a distinct strategy used by developing countries to mobilize womens labour via a collective approach, supported by microfinance, to launch income-generating activities and maintain interventions aimed at womens development. Among the regions, percentage of groups having highest credit linkage was in Southern India. In this context Telangana state has selected for the study to assess the impact on SHG bank likage programme on Rural womens Poverty and empowerment levels after joining in SHGs. This study is based on primary data, analysis has made with adopting poverty eradiction index and empowerment index methods. The results has shown that eventhough SHGs made a significant impact on combatting poverty and uplifting womens empowerment in the study area still poverty persists among the sample rural women in Telangana State.
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📚 How to Cite:
Dr. Rajani Manikonda , FUNCTIONING OF SHGs: COMBATTING RURAL WOMEN'S POVERTY AND EMPOWERMENT ISSUES IN TELANGANA STATE , Volume 14 , Issue 5, May 2026, EPRA International Journal of Agriculture and Rural Economic Research (ARER) , DOI: https://doi.org/10.36713/epra27855