Self Help Groups Is the Innovative Achievement for Women Empowerment and Rural Livelihood Development: A Case Study at Gram Panchayat Level in West Bengal

 Socially, politically, economically, culturally development of rural poor women is known as women empowerment .Consequently women members in the family give the financial support to the other members; specially their child in the family, as a result socio-economic status of the poor in the village is upgraded .The whole process is actively prevail in the rural part of Bengal through the self help groups (SHG) formation system. The members of the groups (SHG) is involved in the plantation programme, nursery preparation, poultry farming, vermicomposting, paddy and rice business and differential handicraft product preparation,etc. All types of engagement give the employment opportunity to the women’s and helpful for poverty reduction in our country. By the formation of these groups (SHGs) poor women get support from their family and from society and plays active role in the process of decision making of their family and society.