The purpose of this book is to study the regional disparities in respect of some important selected development indicators over time period for each sector of economy separately and in combination and to compare the poverty and inequality measures at regional, community levels, and district levels. Also identify the factors determining the poverty at household level and estimate the rural poverty in Odisha at district / regional levels based on the 68th round (2011-12) of the Household Consumer Expenditure data of the National Sample Survey (NSS) and 2011 Indian Population Census data, using...

Self-Help Groups (SHGs) are now the dominant abstraction. It is now nearly two decades old. It is stated that SHGs play an important role in accelerating the country's economic development. SHGs have now grown in size as a result of movement. Women make up the majority of SHG members. Women's participation in the country's development is increasing. They also play an important role in boosting the economy. This does not mean that economic development necessarily results in improving the women who constitute about 50 per cent of the population. A self-help group is a self-governed,...