Entrepreneurship Development of Tribal Women through Self-Help Groups (SHGs) for Economic Empowerment in Tripura

The utmost challenge of the present time that the Government of Tripura has to face is the provision of appropriate social security to the scheduled tribes (STs). Though the constitution has given more than 20 articles on the redressed and upliftment of underprivileged with policies on positive discrimination and affirmative action with reference to scheduled tribes (STs) but still the Scheduled Tribes (STs) constitute the weakest section of Tripura, as well as of India"s population, from the ecological, economic and educational perspectives. Considering this, the study “Entrepreneurship Development of Tribal Women through SelfHelp Groups (SHGs) for Economic Empowerment in Tripura” traces the initiative of developing employment opportunity through entrepreneurship among the tribal women, in rural areas of Tripura. In this study an effort has also been made to inquire about the problems and challenges facing by these rural tribal women in their desire to bring about a change in their lives. The study is based on secondary as well as primary data and has applies various statistical tools in order to analyze, display and discuss the collected data. An attempt has also been made to assess the present potential of tribal women entrepreneurs, for their sustainable livelihood promotion