Abstract: SHG+s working under AKRSPI with a mission of alleviating poverty and facilitating overall development of the poor families. Financial services being a critical factors determining poverty, SHGs provide financial services to their members. These financial services include, savings, credit for consumption and microenterprise and insurance. Financial literacy is concerned with providing knowledge and skills to poor people in order to help them make decisions about expenditures, savings, investments, credit and insurance and other financial services such as remittances, pension in an informed manner. The present study was undertaken identify the role of (AKRSPI) SHG+ in ensuring financial security and women empowerment among rural women of selected panchayats of Pusa block and also analyze the impact of SHG+ in the life of members. Twenty five Self Help Groups from Md. koari......
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