Rural Development through Microfinance: A Case Study of Uttar Pradesh

Lamaan Sami

Rural Development through Microfinance: A Case Study of Uttar Pradesh



Abstract

The present paper examines the impact of microfinance on rural development in Uttar Pradesh. A sample of 138 respondents from the villages of four districts namely Aligarh, Meerut, Etah, and Hathras has been selected and data is collected through personal interview and questionnaires. Poverty eradication, women empowerment, employment generation are the variables of rural development that have been taken in the present study. Simple linear regression has been used as the statistical tool to measure the impact of microfinance on rural development. The analysis of the data shows that there is a significant impact of microfinance in Poverty eradication, women empowerment, and employment generation among rural respondents in the selected districts of Uttar Pradesh.

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