STATUS IN THE WORKING PLACE OF THE WOMEN SHGS MEMBERS IN NAGAPATTINAM DISTRICT, TAMIL NADU - AN NANALYSIS

Nagapattinam district is one among the front line districts in the promotion of SHGs,
which are developed as a tool for the eradication of poverty. The district is coastal
in nature and also surrounded by villages engaging in agriculture. But the district
was consecutively worst hit by natural calamities such as Tsunami, flood and
cyclone. Now the district proclaimed as drought prone area. In this situation, the
role of SHG movement is all the more important for the promotion of socio
economic interest of the inhabitants of the districts especially women, the present
study is focused the status in the working place of the women SHGs members in
Nagapattinam district.