Bengal
‘Pisciculture changed lifestyle of self-help group members’
- The Statesman
- 02 Jan 2015
Biswabrata Goswami
biswabrata@thestatesman.net
Midnapore, 2 January
At a time when the state government is planning to frame a policy to attract investments in the fisheries sector, a research study revealed that pisciculture has changed lifestyle of Self Help Group members in Birbhum.
Mrs Rajyosree Roy, a student of Vidyasagar University, who has conducted a research study on socio-economic development of Self Help Group members involved in fishery activities in Birbhum district, said that her research works would help the government to formulate plans in eradicating poverty among fishing community through pisciculture in rural Bengal.
Government officials said that at present, there is no specific policy to attract investments in this sector. The proposed policy will have a comprehensive outline on what incentives, subsidies and grants the state government could provide to entrepreneurs or private companies.
Self Help Groups (SHG), non-formal cooperatives, are making a silent revolution through micro-credit and various other activities involving women as major change agents to make pisciculture sustainable.
Nearly 30,000 SHGs have been formed so far in Birbhum district who have made a notable success in micro-finance. The study, however, focused on the functioning of 93 SHGs of which 45 run by male, 38 by female and 10 by mixed groups respectively, located in 19 blocks of Birbhum district comprising 644 members mainly belonging to Below Poverty Line (BPL). Also, different social class of this fishing population of these SHGs was assisted under Swarnjaynti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY). These SHGs were found to save a portion of their meagre income and pull away that money for inter-lending among them at an interest decided by the SHGs.
Mrs Roy in her survey projected how the credit and project loan were used for better sustainability and enhancement of income in changing the lifestyle of poverty-stricken group members from pisciculture. Empowerment of women was undertaken through training and other assistance provided by local panchayats, NGO’s and government officials. The SHGs members increased their self-confidence, leadership qualities, skill to undertake pisciculture, marketing, knowledge of book keeping, enhanced income, linkage with banks and protest against social injustice.
biswabrata@thestatesman.net
Midnapore, 2 January
At a time when the state government is planning to frame a policy to attract investments in the fisheries sector, a research study revealed that pisciculture has changed lifestyle of Self Help Group members in Birbhum.
Mrs Rajyosree Roy, a student of Vidyasagar University, who has conducted a research study on socio-economic development of Self Help Group members involved in fishery activities in Birbhum district, said that her research works would help the government to formulate plans in eradicating poverty among fishing community through pisciculture in rural Bengal.
Government officials said that at present, there is no specific policy to attract investments in this sector. The proposed policy will have a comprehensive outline on what incentives, subsidies and grants the state government could provide to entrepreneurs or private companies.
Self Help Groups (SHG), non-formal cooperatives, are making a silent revolution through micro-credit and various other activities involving women as major change agents to make pisciculture sustainable.
Nearly 30,000 SHGs have been formed so far in Birbhum district who have made a notable success in micro-finance. The study, however, focused on the functioning of 93 SHGs of which 45 run by male, 38 by female and 10 by mixed groups respectively, located in 19 blocks of Birbhum district comprising 644 members mainly belonging to Below Poverty Line (BPL). Also, different social class of this fishing population of these SHGs was assisted under Swarnjaynti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY). These SHGs were found to save a portion of their meagre income and pull away that money for inter-lending among them at an interest decided by the SHGs.
Mrs Roy in her survey projected how the credit and project loan were used for better sustainability and enhancement of income in changing the lifestyle of poverty-stricken group members from pisciculture. Empowerment of women was undertaken through training and other assistance provided by local panchayats, NGO’s and government officials. The SHGs members increased their self-confidence, leadership qualities, skill to undertake pisciculture, marketing, knowledge of book keeping, enhanced income, linkage with banks and protest against social injustice.
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