Microfinance In India

This is a comprehensive book on microfinance in India. Banking sector in India is facing many serious problems like overdues. How to provide adequate and timely credit to the rural poor is really a challenging task. True, banks have introduced a number of innovative schemes to help the poor, but they met with limited success. The self-help groups are empowering the rural poor by providing them access to institutional credit and other relevant services. The SHGs lay stress on thrift, training and capacity building. Emphasis is placed on educating the members on social issues also
About Author :
Satya Sundaram is a prolific freelance writer, author, and reviewer. He has so far contributed more than two thousand articles to national level dailies and journals, and reviewed more than two hundred books. His area of specialisation is rural development. The author had retired from service as Head Of post graduate Department of Economics, The Hindu college, Machilipatnam. He currently teaches in the department of rural development and also the department af Journalism and mass communication, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Nagarjuna nagar, Andra Pradesh.
Contents :
Preface 1. Progress of banking in India 2. Social banking at the crossroad 3. The Bangladesh Grameen Bank 4. The self-help groups 5. Microfinance in India 6. Summary and Conclusions Select Bibliography Index