Introduction

My area of research is going to primarily focus on Self help groups commonly known as SHG's. A SHG as the name suggests consists of a group of people mostly from the below poverty line who get together and in most of the cases start making a product and selling it to make themselves sustainable and also to provide an additional source of income to their families. Poverty in India is widespread, with the nation estimated to have approximately a third of the world's poor. So unless such SHG's are created India's poor will remain poor always. 

Why this topic ??  

1. I have always been interested in social causes right from childhood. 
2. I would like to see a change in India's economic configuration i.e. see more people getting out of the shackles of poverty