Agartala, Feb 14: Self Help Groups in Tripura are leading the way for women in India. Small, impoverished groups of people form Self Help Groups (SHGs). An SHG’s members deal with similar issues. They support one another in problem-solving. SHG encourages its members to make modest savings.
The bank is where the savings are maintained. This is the common fund under the SHG’s name. The SHG uses its common money to make small loans to its members.
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The SHG movement in India started in the 1980s when several non-government organizations organized and mobilized impoverished rural communities and provided them with institutional avenues for social and financial support.
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Tripura Forest Environmental Improvement and Poverty Alleviation Project (TFIPAP) popularly known as the ‘Tripura JICA Project’ is an Externally Aided Project (EAP) implemented in 7 (seven) Districts and 40 (forty) Blocks of Tripura State since 2007 through 463 Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMCs) with the financial assistance from the Government of Japan.
