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Microfinance means building a financial system that serves poor for alleviating their poverty and enhancing their standard of living. It is an attempt to improve access to small deposits and small loans for poor household neglected by formal banks. Micro credit started in India in the early 1980s with small efforts at forming informal SHGs to provide access to muchneeded savings and credit services. Now microfinance sector has grown significantly and forming SHG strategy has become an integral component of the Govt. of India"s thought to reduce the poverty of the country. As a result SHG strategy has been introduced in every annual plan since 2000. An attempt has been made to examine the growth of performance of microfinance through SHGs formation.
Throughout this paper, we tried to discuss the progress of microfinance programme in India. The main objective of microfinance programme is to provide financing facilities to those areas of thrust from where the generation of income and the employment may be takes place. There are certain principles and delivery models also through which the microfinance process takes place. In this regard, Self Help groups play a vital role. In this sector, many banks (public and private), NGOs, Cooperative banks have shown very keen interest. There are also many programmes/schemes through various agencies and departments are going on to promote the SHGs. In addition, it also provides the services of Micro savings, Micro insurance, Micro Leasing and the money transfer which are similar to banking services.
Microfinance is gathering momentum to become a major force in India. The selfhelpgroup (SHG) model with bank lending to groups of (often) poor women withoutcollateral has become an accepted part of rural finance. The paper discusses the state of SHG-based microfinance in India. With traditionally loss-making rural banks shiftingtheir portfolio away from the rural poor in the post-reform period, SHGbasedmicrofinance, nurtured and aided by NGOs, have become an important alternative to traditional lending in terms of reaching the poor without incurring a fortune in operating and monitoring costs. The government and NABARD have recognized this and have emphasized the SHG approach and working along with NGOs in its initiatives. Over half a million SHGs have been linked to banks over the years but a handful of states, mostly in South India, account for over three-fourth of this figure with Andhra Pradesh being an undisputed leader. In spite of the impressive figures, microfinance in India is still presently too small to create a massive impact in poverty alleviation, but if pursued with skill and opportunity development of the poor, it holds the promise to alter the socioeconomic face of the India's poor. Rs.54456.20 million and more than 4.24 million SHGs credit linked with loan outstanding of Rs.226808.5 million as on 31 March 2009. It is the largest microfinance programme in the world in terms of outreach covering nearly 86 million households, largest financial inclusion programme in India. SHGs have become the common vehicle of development process, converging all development and livelihood programmes. The programme has transformed the rural financial institutions and their approaches to microfinance delivery to the poor, led to emergence of large number of SHPIs, Federations, Business Facilitators and above all, ushered socio-economic empowerment of the poor, particularly women. The massive growth of the programme has brought to the fore several new issues and challenges e.g., ensuring balanced distribution of SHGs across the regions, micro-enterprise promotion for matured SHGs/members, sustenance of quality of SHGs, etc.
International Journal of Creative Research and Thoughts, 2018
Poverty is a major concern in India, being one of the rapid-growing economies in the world, with a growth rate of 7.6 percent in 2015, and a considerable consumer economy. According to World Bank there are about 179.6 million people who live below the poverty line in India. So it is one of the greatest challenges in India to deal with one of the BRIC nations with such a huge population are seen by many countries as an emerging economy. India has failed to make a significant improvement in its poverty alleviation. Government of India with its concern started various poverty alleviation programs but they have failed to deliver the objectives to the level which is desired. The poverty alleviation programs in India can be differentiated on different basis for rural or urban areas. Most of them are designed to cover rural as it is high in such areas. The programs can be mainly grouped into, wage employment, self employment, food security, social security, and urban poverty alleviation. All these programs were programmed with the one theme to minimize and eradicate the poverty and thus uplift the socioeconomic status at individual level. The subsidized credit used by many countries including India was also a failure because of rising Nonperforming assets (NPA). The microfinance came forward and became the most popular tool to fight against the poverty when the Muhammad yunus a noble laureate from Bangladesh came up with the modern microfinance model called Grameen model. On the basis of that India progressed forward and was successful to make self help groups (SHGs) with the help of NABARD. A number of NGOs and MFIs have also delved into the business. From the past years government and various organizations like NABARD and national banks are thrusting to promote the microfinance at various levels but there is a long way to go because the outreach is too small as compared to the requirement and potential. The paper defines three distinct facets of microfinance, first is microfinance and its history, secondly Growth of microfinance in India from last decade, third is role played by the government of India with NABARD and other National banks in growth of SHGs and Grameen bank. The paper also discusses the evolution of microfinance and its role in global scenario.
Microfinance is defined as any activity that includes the provision of financial services such as credit, savings, and insurance to low income individuals which fall just above the nationally defined poverty line, and poor individuals which fall below that poverty line, with the goal of creating social value. The creation of social value includes poverty alleviation and the broader impact of improving livelihood opportunities through the provision of capital for micro enterprise, and insurance and savings for risk mitigation and consumption smoothing. A large variety of actors provide microfinance in India, using a range of microfinance delivery methods. Since the ICICI Bank in India, various actors have endeavored to provide access to financial services to the poor in creative ways. Governments also have piloted national programs, NGOs have undertaken the activity of raising donor funds for on-lending, and some banks have partnered with public organizations or made small inroads themselves in providing such services. This has resulted in a rather broad definition of microfinance as any activity that targets poor and low-income individuals for the provision of financial services.
In the development paradigm, micro-finance has evolved as a need-based programme for women empowerment and alleviation of poverty. Micro-finance has become one of the most effective interventions for economic empowerment of the poor. The main objective of this paper is to discuss the progress of microfinance under SHG-Bank linkage programme in India; the aim of the microfinance programme is to provide income generating activity by reducing the unemployment and to eradicate poverty. NABARD provides capital support to various MFIs which in turn provides financial assistance to SHG'S .Further, this study also helps to know the present status and operating system of SHGs (Self Help Groups) for mobilization of saving, loans disbursement and outstanding loans, delivery of credit to the needy, establishing linkage with banks and examines the social benefits derived by the members. Secondary data was gathered from various sources.
International Journal of Research in Economics and Social Sciences, 2014
Micro Finance may be defined as provision of thrift, credit and products of very small amounts to the poor people in rural, semi urban or urban areas, for enabling them to raise their income levels and improve living standards. Microfinance mechanism ultimately support poverty alleviation programme in India. This working paper tries to outline the prevailing condition of the Microfinance in India in the light of its emergence till now. The prospect of microfinance is dominated by SHG-(Self Help Group)-Bank linkage programme. The main aim of microfinance is to provide a cost effective mechanism of credit. This research paper highlights the hierarchy of microfinance institutions, delivery models and major challenges like regional disparity, high rate of interest, uneven growth of credit schemes, lack of insurance services etc. Finally this paper concludes with some suggestions to improve MFIs in India so that they fulfill the intent of their establishment.
International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention, 2021
Indian microfinance is huge industry to empower low income group and unorganised sector. Now a day microfinance is an alternative of viable business along with social development. At the same time the sector faces huge criticism and challenges from every stakeholders after the Andhra Pradesh crisis in 2010. After 2010, microfinance today is a highly regulated industry with the purpose, segment of clients, size of loans, and even price being regulated. As now it is regulated by the RBI, the political risks are also reduced. There are more than one way to provide a finance to poor people. Self Help Group (SHG) is a main component of microfinance. SHG mainly is a group culture to provide women a financial support or draw them into work force. SHG is a channel through which facility of microfinance reach to every door of marginalised sector. In this project, we want to established how microfinance helps poor peoples and how through SHG microfinance reach to every marginalised people. Our objective is to analyse impact of microfinance as a tool of Economic Development in India.In this project,we basically want to analyse performance of three types of microfinance institutions.These are-i)MFI(Microfinance Institutions) ii)SHG (Self Help Groups)and iii)JLG.(Joint Liability Groups).Datas are collected from RBI and NABARD. Our special focus is on SHG as SHG plays an important role in case of microfinance.In case of SHG,we are focusing on yearwise performance of SHG and SHG under NRLM (National Rural Livelihood Mission).Lastly,we calculate Average number of SHG Per state.In each cases,our time period is from 2010-11 to 2017-18,The details performance of these three types of institutions analysed graphically.We also run a correlation coefficient between performance of SHG and SHG under NRLM to judge whether NRLM is a successful mission or not.
Microfinance stands as one of the most promising and cost effective tools which fight against global poverty. The findings from this study suggests that there is rise in the history and perspectives of rural credit in India in form of microfinance and there is need for improved governance to manage challenges for future so that socioeconomic growth is possible. The present paper discusses conceptual framework, development process, growth of SHG linked microfinance programme, types of micro finance services and developmental role of these institutions in rural India. It also focuses on the status of microfinance and provides some policy framework to meet the challenges faced by Indian microfinance. The article traces that the evolution of the microfinance revolution in India as a powerful tool for socioeconomic development in rural India.
In a country like India where 70 percent of its population lives in rural area and 60 percent depend on agriculture (according to the World Bank reports), micro-finance can play a vital role in providing financial services to the poor and low income individuals. Microfinance is the form of a broad range of financial services such as deposits, loans, payment services, money transfers, insurance, savings, micro-credit etc. to the poor and low income individuals. The importance of micro-finance in the developing economies like India can not be undermined, where a large size of population is living under poverty and large number of people does not have an access to formal banking facilities. The taskforce on Supportive Policy and Regulatory Framework for Microfinance constituted by NABARD defined microfinance as " the provision of thrift, saving, credit and financial services and products of very small amount to the poor's in rural, semi urban and urban areas for enabling them to raise their income level and improve their standard of living. " (Sen, 2008) Micro-finance is regarded as a useful tool for socioeconomic up-liftmen in a developing country like India. It is expected to play a significant role in poverty alleviation and development. There are two broad approaches that characterize the microfinance sector in India is Self Help Groups (SHGs)-Bank linkage programme and Microfinance Institution (MFIs). In India microfinance is dominated by Self Help Groups (SHGs)-Bank linkage programme aimed at providing a cost effective mechanism for providing financial services to the unreached poor. The present paper aims at identifying the current status and role of microfinance in the development of India.
— Microfinance is a source of fi nance to the poor segments of society. It i ncludes loans, savi ngs, credit, insurance services, money transfer and other basic financial services to the economically weaker section of society. Deli very mechanism incorporates the systems that can be used to ensure that micro finance products reach remote area and poor. It is consi dered as an effecti ve tool for eli minating poverty in Indi a. It provi des credit and other financial services of small amount to the economically disadvantaged segment of society in urban as well as rural areas. Micro finance institutions include N.G.Os, Credit Uni ons, N.B.F.Cs. Cooperati ves and banks. In India, the future of microfinance is largely depending upon the self-help groups (S.H.G.)
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