Linking self-help groups with banks in India
for their members, then deposit group savings or access group loans from the bank. The national development bank, NABARD, provides refinancing and NGOs help form and nurture the self-help groups. This
article looks at how the groups are formed, what are the advantages of the bank-linkage system, the extent to which different players in the sytem can operate sustainably and future challenges.
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