Neemuch SHG member earns ₹20,000 to ₹25,000 a month

In Neemuch district, Madhya Pradesh, Ranjana Kunwar Ranawat started a general store with a ₹6 lakh self-help group loan and now earns about ₹20,000 to ₹25,000 a month, IANS reports. Her group has 10 members.

Other women profiled by IANS have used group credit to run clothing, dairy, leaf-plate and grocery businesses. Deepika Bagdi said active self-help groups in her gram panchayat increased from five to 36; her group has 13 members.

These women are linked through National Rural Livelihoods Mission groups. A Ministry of Rural Development backgrounder says the Lakhpati Didi scheme is part of DAY-NRLM, which supports rural women's self-help groups with skills and credit. Read the Ministry backgrounder.