Economic Empowerment of Rural Women through Self Help Groups – A Case Study with Reference to Kalki Self Help Group of Pulankulathupatti Village, Manikandam Block, Tiruchirappalli District

The economic empowerment of rural women shall mean equipping village women to be economically independent and personally self-reliant, with a positive self-esteem. The rural empowered women shall be able to participate in the process of decision making at home and in public activities. The economic empowerment of rural women ensures equal status, opportunity and freedom to develop them. This process of change leads to economic empowerment through increase in their earning and makes them independent. The present paper mainly attempts to study the Economic empowerment of rural women through Self Help Group. This study is based on primary data. The primary data were obtained from Kalki Self Help Group of Pulankulathupatti Village, Manikandam Block, Tiruchirappalli District through interview schedule. The convenient sampling technique were adopted for collecting data from respondents. Percentage analysis were used to complete the analysis of collected data. Hypothesis were framed and tested with statistical tool. The following are the important objectives of the study:1.To analyze the effect of occupational shift in Economic Empowerment of rural women after joining the SHG.2.To analyse the various types of entrepreneurial activities carried out by rural women3.To assess the role of Micro finance in carrying out entrepreneurial activities by rural SHG women. 4.