EShakti

EShakti or Digitisation of SHGs is an initiative of Micro Credit and Innovations Department of NABARD in line with our Hon'ble PM statement, 'we move with the dream of electronic digital India...'. Digital India is a Rs 1.13-lakh crore initiative of Government of India to integrate the government departments and the people of India and to ensure effective governance. It is to "transform India into digital empowered society and knowledge economy".

Keeping in view the Government of India's mission for creating a digital India, NABARD has launched a project for digitisation of all Self Help Group (SHG) in the country.

Aims and Objectives:

The broader aim of the programme is to support the flagship programme of the Government of India i.e Prime Minister Jan Dhan Yojna (PMJDY) by way of:

Integrating SHG members with the national Financial Inclusion agenda;

Improving the quality of interface between SHG members and Banks for efficient and hassle free delivery of banking

services;

Facilitate convergence of delivery system with SHGs using Aadhaar linked identity.

The upliftment in economic level of the SHG members, mostly poor rural women, by these measures will ultimately facilitate in increasing the outreach of PMJDY and financial inclusion in poor household.