Consider the following statements about Tamil Nadu Women in Agriculture (TANWA):
(A) TANWA was a project initiated in the late 1980s.
(B) TANWA trained women in latest agricultural techniques and in organic farming.
(C) TANWA’s Farm Women’s Groups create savings by functioning like mini banks through a micro-credit system.
(D) TANWA’s Farm Women’s Groups use their savings to promote small-scale household activities.
(E) TANWA’s thrift and credit societies are acclaimed as the largest informal banks in Asia.
How many of the statements given above are correct?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Four
TANWA was a project for farm women in Tamil Nadu. One statement here belongs to Kudumbashree in Kerala.
(A) TANWA was a project initiated in the late 1980s. — Correct. It began in the late 1980s.
(B) TANWA trained women in latest agricultural techniques and in organic farming. — Correct. This was its aim.
(C) TANWA’s Farm Women’s Groups create savings by functioning like mini banks through a micro-credit system. — Correct. The groups work like mini banks.
(D) TANWA’s Farm Women’s Groups use their savings to promote small-scale household activities. — Correct. Mushroom growing, soap and doll making are examples.
(E) TANWA’s thrift and credit societies are acclaimed as the largest informal banks in Asia. — Incorrect. This is said of the Kudumbashree societies of Kerala.
Four statements are correct.
NCERT (2026-27): “Box 5.2: Tamil Nadu Women in Agriculture (TANWA) Tamil Nadu Women in Agriculture (TANWA) was a project initiated in the late 1980s in Tamil Nadu to train women in latest agricultural techniques and in organic farming. It encouraged women to actively participate in raising agricultural productivity and family income. At a Farm Women’s Group in Thiruchirapalli, run by Anthoniammal, trained women are successfully making and selling vermicompost and earning money from this venture. Many other Farm Women’s Groups are creating savings in their group by functioning like mini banks through a micro-credit system. With the accumulated savings, they promote small-scale household activities like mushroom cultivation, soap manufacture, doll making or other income-generating activities. …” “Box 5.1: The Poor Women’s Bank ‘Kudumbashree’ is a women-oriented community-based poverty reduction programme being implemented in Kerala. In 1995, a thrift and credit society was started as a small savings bank for poor women with the objective to encourage savings. The thrift and credit society mobilised Rs 1 crore as thrift savings. These societies have been acclaimed as the largest informal banks in Asia in terms of participation and savings mobilised.” |