Practicing Success
Which of the following has been recently emerged to fill the gap in the formal credit system? |
Co-operative committees Private lenders Self help groups None of the above |
Self help groups |
Recently, Self-Help Groups (henceforth SHGs) have emerged to fill the gap in the formal credit system because the formal credit delivery mechanism has not only proven inadequate but has also not been fully integrated into the overall rural social and community development. Since some kind of collateral is required, vast proportion of poor rural households were automatically out of the credit network. |