Subject(s): Self-help groups -in India, Assam -- Northeastern ,History -- Self-help groups in Northeastern. -- Basic geo-social information, culture, population , agricultural scenario -- Assam at a glance -- State institute of rural development (SIRD) -- Farm mechanisation : SIRD intervention, Empowering farmers of the tea-oil belt, Women empowerment, nagaon cluster, environment, Lakhimpur SHGs eyeing Arunachal markets -- Hand-loom : Location of CFCs, Muga and Mulbery silk weaving units -- Diary and poultry : Goat farming, Piggery, white revolution -- Training , technology and marketing -- Banking sector in Assam