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ROLE OF MICROFINANCE IN RURAL AREAS

SARATH CHANDRAN M.C 1, ANJANA VINOD 2, KAVYA RAMDAS 3 and AARATHY K SUDAKARAN 4.

Vol 17, No 09 ( 2022 )   |  DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7098810   |   Author Affiliation: Department of Commerce & Management, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, India.   |   Licensing: CC 4.0   |   Pg no: 1058-1069   |   To cite: SARATH CHANDRAN M.C, et al., (2022). ROLE OF MICROFINANCE IN RURAL AREAS. 17(09), 1058–1069. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7098810   |   Published on: 19-09-2022

Abstract

In India, microfinance is crucial to the country's development.It serves as an anti-poverty immunization for rural residents. Its mission is to assist economically disadvantaged communities in generating assets and securing income at the family and community levels. Microfinance was seen as necessary due to the absence of infrastructural development in rural regions. By creating a savings habit in rural residents, microfinance activities have proven to be highly effective in lessening social problems in the economy, such as impoverishment. The directed at improving people's livelihoods and economic well-being in remote regions, which are typically isolated and thinly populated, is known as rural development. Rural development is usually concentrated on the extraction of land-intensive natural resources like agriculture and forestry.Microfinance was deemed necessary due of the absence of infrastructure development in rural areas. By instilling savings habit in rural folk, microfinance operations have proven to be very effective in eliminating social problems in the economy, such as poverty and impoverishment. Microfinance does have the ability to boost self-employment and the establishment of micro firms in both developed and developing countries. With the support of microfinance, households can improve their chances of making more money and providing for their family.


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