Year: 2014 | Month: March | Volume 3 | Issue 1
Impact of Micro-credit on the Agrarian Economy – A Case Study in Hooghly District of West Bengal, India
Abstract:
This study focuses on the impact of micro-credit upon the livelihood of rural households based on empirical study over 549 takeholders of SHGs (Self Help Groups) in Hooghly district of West Bengal State in India. One of the distinct areas of the study concerns with the comparative analysis of different rural enterprises propagated through micro-credit. Another objective of this study has been to compare and contrast income as well as savings position of the sample
households before receiving financial credit. Additionally, this study attempted to discriminate between high-performing and low-performing stake-holders on the basis of selected socio-economic indicators.
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