Loan interest waiver for women-run SHGs in Bihar

Decision taken at a meeting chaired by CM Nitish Kumar

SEWA’s experience with women SHGs, cooperative & member-owned organisations

Organised strength in the form of SHGs or cooperatives help women in increasing their livelihoods and bargaining power

Hammer and tongs: These women in Uttarakhand’s Lohaghat forge and make their own iron products

Women self-help groups in the Lohaghat tehsil have revived the traditional occupation of ironworking, dominated in the past by men

Women self-help groups: Funding alone does not work; the government needs to listen in

While more women are increasingly carving a space in businesses, several challenges remain

Union Budget 2019-20: Focus shifts to SBM phase 2, women’s role in it

The mission will now aim to turn waste into energy and better solid waste management in rural areas

International Women’s Day: Self-help groups are institutions with bargaining power today; now it is time for the next step

Self-help groups bring about socio-economic empowerment of women by providing access to income-generating opportunities. Focus should now be on …

24,000 Bihar self help groups exist only on paper

State government initiates verification drive and revival of credible SHGs for implementing Centre's Ajeevika scheme

Andhra Pradesh extends support to SC women farmers for natural farming push

The government will use its extensive network of women’s self-help groups to encourage the transition.  

Chhattisgarh’s Godhan Nyay: How it aims to revive rural economy, organic farming

A significant number of beneficiaries of the scheme are women and from backward community. Balod, Dhamtari, Durg, Raipur and Rajnadgaon districts …

Demand for SIT probe into Centre's child nutrition scheme

Supreme Court commissioners report multi-crore scam involving private contractors and bureaucrats in food distribution under Integrated Child …

How people weathered Phailin storm

Bitter lessons from 1999 cyclone and a prepared community helped reduce the impact of the night-long cyclonic storm that raged across coastal …

Women take the lead, parties follow

Political parties are fine tuning their campaigns, policies to gain more votes of women, who are exercising their franchise in increasing numbers

Jairam urges caution over Lancet series recommendations on nutrition

Rural development minister shares concerns of activists at launch of Lancet series; stresses community role in fight against malnutrition