The Quiet Power of Womenβs Self-Help Groups in India π±
In small villages across India, women gather in circles β saving coins, keeping notebooks, and building something bigger than money: trust.
These circles are called Self-Help Groups (SHGs). What starts with savings soon grows into loans, partnerships with banks, and small businesses. With credit guarantees like the Credit Guarantee Fund for Micro Units (CGFMU) by NCGTC, banks gain the confidence to lend β no collateral needed.
The result? Women launching tailoring units, dairy farms, or small shops. Families moving away from moneylenders. Children going to school. Villages finding new livelihoods.
Itβs more than finance β itβs empowerment, dignity, and hope.
β¨ From a tin box of coins to enterprises that change lives, SHGs are redrawing the financial map of rural India.
