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Do self-help books really change our lives? One reader isn’t so sure
November 13, 2025 8:03 pm
A fiction lover questions the hype around self-help books and argues that real wisdom often lies in stories, not step-by-step formulas.
PCMC holds first e-auction of food court units for SHGs
October 01, 2025 11:16 pm
To ensure inclusivity, reservations were provided — two units for SHGs of women with disabilities, one for a transgender group, one for COVID warrior SHGs, two for tribal women SHGs, three under DAY-NULM, and as many as 40 units for SHGs registered under PCMC’s Sakshama initiative.
Scheme to provide drones to 15,000 self help groups gets Cabinet nod
November 30, 2023 1:58 am
Highlighting features of the scheme, the statement said that the Central Financial Assistance, which will be 80 per cent of the cost of the drone as well as accessories/ancillary charges up to a maximum of Rs 8 lakh, will be provided to women SHGs for them to purchase drones.
BJP claims credit on Patnaik's Rs 125 crore interest subvention for women SHGs
January 11, 2023 8:20 am
Coming down heavily on the state's BJD government, the state BJP Mahila Morcha president said the Centre is providing loans to Self Help Groups (SHGs) through NABARD under its Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission.
Food truck equals liberation for a group of women from Delhi’s Nizamuddin Basti
October 18, 2022 1:57 pm
Called by the name of Zaika-e-Nizamuddin, this self-help group started more than a decade ago as a food stall at the annual Nizamuddin Basti Fair. Today, they run their own food truck at the Sundar Nursery, while also taking several catering orders as a perfect side hustle.
International Women's Day: In Punjab, women find financial freedom, job security in SHGs
March 09, 2022 10:10 am
The 10-member SHG, which started in 2012, is now eyeing online platforms to market its products even as it caters to “around 5000 village population”.
Singapore self-help group to counsel Indians on domestic violence
August 04, 2014 9:58 am
SINDA has expressed concern about "increasing" domestic violence among Indian families in Singapore.
86 girls of PMC school hospitalised after mid-day meal,SHG under scanner
April 08, 2012 12:43 am
As many as 86 girls of the PMC-run Sitaram Narayan Gawade school in Janta Vasahat were on Saturday taken ill and rushed to hospitals after they were served the mid-day meal at the school.
Credit organisation for self-help groups to be launched soon
September 04, 2011 12:39 am
A credit organisation and financial institution for giving credit and subsidy to self-help groups will be launched soon,Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said.
Chaitanya marks SHG federations first anniversary
May 19, 2010 3:56 am
Chaitanya,a developmental organisation that played a key role in the Self Help Group revolution for women in Maharashtra...
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