Abstract
The aim of this paper was to examine the rural development through micro finance with special reference to self-help groups at Karur district. For this investigation primary data was collected from 500 respondents through a structured questionnaire. Karur district comprises of eight blocks, Proportionate Stratified Random Sampling procedure was adapted to select sample self-help groups and member respondents from all the eight blocks in Karur district. The present study has been undertaken with a view to evaluate the performance of SHGs and their impact on the rural development of members in Karur District, Tamil Nadu. The study is based on empirical evidences gathered from the selected respondents to study the progress of SHGs in Karur District. Further, attention has also been focused on evaluating the performance of sample SHGs and efforts have been made to examine how far SHGs help in the upliftment of rural development. Besides the impact of SHGs on entrepreneurial development, employment generation, earning capacity and asset creation of rural area were analysed in the study.
Key words: Self Help Groups, Rural Development and Micro Finance.
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