Sakhi Mandal Yojna

Enable the poor women, particularly in rural areas of Gujarat to improve their access to resources and consequently strengthen livelihoods and quality of life.

• Formation of women self help groups based on thrift and credit principles.
• Facilitating sustained access of poor to financial services and consequently accelerate the process of economic development
• Promote human capital development and ensure welfare of women in which they participate in making decisions.
• Convergence of services and benefit of various government department-thus develop a framework of a wider range partnership in micro finance development

Implementing Strategy

The implementing strategy would be broadly divided into two parts. (1) Tracking and Credit linkage of existing SM Groups. (2) Formation,nurturing & linkage of new SM Groups

Formation of new Sakhi Mandal and revive the existing Sakhi Mandal through ICDS (85%) and NGOs. (15%)