Economic Empowering Women Through Financial Inclusion: A Study Conducted MGNREGA And SHG Programme, Tamilnadu

The purpose of the study is to know the economic empowerment of women through financial inclusion in access, usage, and quality. Quantitative data was collected from 400 samples of women beneficiaries under MGNREGA and SHG Programmes. The research design is exploratory and a two-stage random sampling technique is used to collect data from four districts in Tamilnadu. Tools used to analyse descriptive statistics, confirmatory factor analysis, and structural equation model through SPSS 23, AMOS 29 version. The findings of the study moderate relationship between financial inclusion and women's economic empowerment, quality highly influenced financial inclusion. The study recommends improving knowledge and awareness of access and usage of financial products/ services to the women through programme.