Subject(s): Self-help groups -- Empowerment of Women -- Self-help group -- Economic Development -- Micro finance - General observations : Growth of micro finance in India, aspiration paradox in micro finance, micro finance for poverty reeducation in India, micro finance - an overview, micro finance and millennium development goals, micro finance in housing, future directions of micro finance, courtship between capitalism and socialism, pros and cons of micro credit program -- Micro finance, self help groups- SHGs- and financial inclusion : Micro credit and empowerment of marginal farmers, linkage between self help groups and banks in India, SHGs and empowerment of women an anthropological study, SHGs and banks, micro enterprises- viability and impact on self help groups, financial inclusion through micro credit, financial inclusion in India -- Micro finance, poverty alleviation and empowerment of women : Micro credit in alleviating poverty, micro finance for empowerment of women, serving the poor through commercial micro finance, poverty reduction by debt reeducation, micro credit - an anti poverty tool, socio economic empowerment of women through self help groups, micro credit and upliftment of women through education, poverty eradication through micro pensions -- Technical aspects of micro finance : partial joint liability, revenue sharing and heterogeneous group formation, micro finance impact evaluation at household level, general theory of micro finance, micro finance institutions and technical efficiency in India, model micro finance act, regulatory issues and strategies in micro insurance, micro finance through community polytechnics, micro finance delivery methods and models in India, technology for delivery methods and models, risk attitude of households in choosing formal and informal insurence -- Micro finance- case studies in India and abroad : micro finance in south India, micro finance- case study in Jaunpur district, evaluation of micro finance in union territory of Pondicherry, impact of micro finance on poverty eradication in Kenya, micro finance- case study of sivaganga district, micro entrepreneurial schemes in Orissa, SHGs and economic empowerment of women in Tamil Nadu, SHGs and poverty alleviation in Ramanathapuram district -- Financial inclusion of tribal migrants- case study of Kawant block in Gujarat , micro credit and empowerment- case study of kudumbashree projects in Kerala -- കുടുംബശ്രീ