"A PRAGMATIC IMPACT ANALYSIS OF MICROFINANCE ROLE IN WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN RAJASTHAN"

Abstract

           The development below microfinance sector in India has registered a outstanding increase in the past 3 many years covering extra than 77 lakh SHGs and around 9 crore households of which 2.5 lakh SHGs were promoted in Rajasthan. Microfinance in Rajasthan has additionally passed through a sea exchange inside the past few years in phrases of credit score dispensation, financial inclusion and different services to the agricultural terrible. rapid progress in SHG formation has now was an empowerment motion among women across the united states of america. Micro finance is vital to overcome exploitation, create self belief for financial self reliance of the agricultural terrible, mainly among rural ladies. despite the fact that no 'magic bullet', they are doubtlessly a totally substantial contribution to gender equality and ladies's empowerment. thru their contribution to girls's capacity to earn an earnings, these programmes have capacity to provoke a chain of 'virtuous spirals' of economic empowerment, and wider social and political empowerment. The most important stakeholders in Microfinance quarter in Rajasthan incorporate NABARD, RAJEEVIKA, Directorate of women Empowerment, ICDS,NGOs and MFIs. The paper highlights the simple features of SHG federations and its want for social and monetary improvement of the society. The effects from those self- help corporations (SHGs) are promising and have turn out to be a focus of intense examination as it's far proving to be an effective technique of poverty discount and financial empowerment. specially on the basis of number one information evaluation, this paper tries to spotlight the position of Microfinance and SHGs within the empowerment of ladies in India.