Title: Way for social sustainability by making rural people self-reliant: an evaluation of NABARD's initiatives in India

Authors: Jyoti Yadav; Ravinder Kaur; Suyash Mishra

Addresses: Department of Commerce, School of Business and Management Studies, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergrah, Haryana, India ' Department of Commerce, School of Business and Management Studies, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergrah, Haryana, India ' Retail and Logistics Management, Department of Vocational Studies and Skill Development, School of Life-Long Learning, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergrah, Haryana, India

Abstract: For sustainable development, the 'Self-Reliant India Mission' was announced with the economic package to revive the Indian economy battered due to COVID-19 pandemic. Government of India has been planning and implementing various tremendous schemes/programmes for making India self-sufficient and self-reliant including Self-Help Group-Bank Linkage Programme (SHG-BLP) which is one of the initiatives of NABARD for making rural people self-dependent. This paper aims to investigate the role of SHG-BLP in achieving the goal of social sustainability. For empirical analysis, data on the performance of SHG-BLP and other initiatives taken by NABARD have been considered. The analysis explored that SHG-BLP and other initiatives are working as an energy booster for Self-Help Groups (SHGs) and pathways for social sustainability by making Indian rural people self-dependent.

Keywords: sustainable development; social sustainability; self-reliant; SHG-BLP; self-help group-bank linkage programme; SHGs; self-help groups; women empowerment; NABARD; WSHGs; women self-help groups; micro-enterprises development; economic development.

DOI: 10.1504/WREMSD.2024.141884

World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, 2024 Vol.20 No.6, pp.664 - 682

Received: 04 Apr 2022
Received in revised form: 24 Jul 2022
Accepted: 25 Jul 2022
Published online: 03 Oct 2024 *

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