STUDY THE TECHNICAL VIABILITY STATUS OF WOMEN SELF HELP GROUPS IN BALRAMPUR DISTRICT, A NORTHERN HILLY REASON OF CHHATTISGARH

Abstract

The present study corresponds to examining the technical viability of the socio-economic status through various income-generating activities by the rural women in the Balrampur district of Chhattisgarh in the year 2022-23. This study was conducted in the six villages situated at Balrampur, Ramanujganj and Rajpur block of Balrampur district. This study area belongs to the northern hilly region of Chhattisgarh which is recognized as a bank of natural resources. Data were collected from a sample of 300 respondents. The data revealed that 43.3 percent of the rural women belonged to the middle age (36 to 50 years), highest and lower education level was found with 30 percent and 6.7 percent for High School and above to high schooling viz., graduation and Post graduation respectively.  Agriculture practices were the main occupation of the respondents (45 percent) which simultaneously did with self-help group activities. Technical feasibility was examined through a z-test where the findings fall into the acceptance range which denoted that members of the groups need to be upgraded with technical tools and techniques for significant results. Therefore, the study concludes that women self-help groups have run with traditional patterns which need to improve their working efficiency, capital engagement, risk management capacity and active participation to gain more profit from it.