National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692 Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
This study was conducted in Imphal East district of Manipur to study the constraints faced by the self help group members for effective functioning of self help groups. 90 respondents were selected as sample for the study. For collection of data, a structured interview schedule was followed. The findings of the study revealed that the major constraints faced by the women self help groups were high cost of input, non-availability of insurance, low market value, playing dual role as a housewife and a business women, lack of technical help, facing high scrutiny at the hands of banks and other financial institutions, insufficient training programme, lack of knowledge, lack of information sources, lack of accountancy management, non-availability of credit, difficulty in raising finance, lack of command in the implementation of decision, lack of marketing, lack of co-ordination, tendency of others to underestimate the women’s capability, power problem, family problem, problem of more competition and negative social attitude. In order to solve these problems, training programmes should be organised frequently and loans should be provided by the banks at low rate of interest and better market linkage should be given in order to sell their produce.
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