Micro Finance and Rural Development in India

Contents Preface. 1. Micro finance and sustainable rural development/S.K. Das and B.P. Nanda. 2. Micro finance and rural poor in Orissa/N. Acharya. 3. Dynamics of micro finance and social transformation/P.C. Dhal. 4. Micro finance and empowerment of women/A.K. Pati and B.F. Lyngdoh. 5. Micro credit through Self Help Groups/B.B. Swain and G. Nayak. 6. Micro financing by regional rural banks/A.C. Swain. 7. Micro finance and empowerment of the poor/R.K. Sahoo. 8. Micro finance Self Help Groups and poverty removal/S.K. Das. 9. Micro finance and rural development in Orissa/S.K. Das J. Rath and N.C. Dash. 10. Micro credit Self Help Groups and empowerment of women/S. Patra. 11. Building social capital for combating poverty/A.P. Samal. 12. Role of women in rural development/R.R. Prusty. Appendix Main findings and recommendations of the committee on financial inclusion (Chairman C. Rangarajan) January 2008. Index. Rural development is primarily concerned with addressing the needs of the rural poor in the matter of sustainable economic activities. Alleviation of rural poverty can be achieved by identifying income generating activities with focus on micro finance as the basic input for socio economic development. Role of micro finance in eradication of poverty was stressed by the United Nations in its Economic and Social Council meet on July 25 1997 in which the council called for strengthening the micro credit institutions. The present work contains the research papers and articles contributed by researchers social scientists and academicians. Topics ranging from the concept of micro finance Self Help Groups issues in rural credit delivery system bank linkage programmes rural development and related matters have been examined and policy measures suggested to help the rural poor. The book will be useful for planners policy makers administrators academicians social scientists teachers and students interested in micro finance as a tool of rural development. 164 pp.…