Empowering Women's through Cultural Capital: SHGs a Custodians of Indian Knowledge System

SHGs empowering Women as Custodians of Indian Knowledge System is a dimension ofsustainable socio-economic development, especially in rural India, where women often facepoverty, limited resources, and socio-cultural barriers. Self-Help Groups (SHGs) provide aneffective mechanism for poverty reduction and capacity building by fostering collectivesavings, credit access, and participatory decision-making. This paper uses secondary data,SHGs encourage financial discipline, social awareness, and community development throughregular meetings, rotational leadership, and affordable credit systems. SHGs contribute to skilldevelopment, entrepreneurship, and leadership building, thereby strengthening women’s role ingovernance and civil society. While their contributions in promoting savings, generatingemployment, and reducing poverty are remarkable, challenges remain regarding inclusivity,clarity of objectives, and limited community participation. The study also sheds insight on thegovernment's activities. We have also concentrated on the actions that are being taken and willbe taken to improve their situation. Empowering Women through Cultural Capital.