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          “SHG
        
        
          S
        
        
          ,
        
        
          SAVING
        
        
          FOR
        
        
          THE
        
        
          PRESENT
        
        
          ,
        
        
          SECURING
        
        
          THE
        
        
          FUTURE
        
        
          ”
        
        
          Project EShakti envisages mapping of the existing SHGs in a district (bank wise, branch
        
        
          wise) by capturing financial and non-financial information of the SHG and its members
        
        
          and uploading the transactions including minutes of meetings, through an “App” loaded
        
        
          on Android based Tablets/ Mobiles to a dedicated website viz. 
        
        
        
          /.
        
        
          To address the regional GPRS connectivity issues across the country, provision is made for
        
        
          uploading of data through both online and offline modes. Stakeholders like SHG members
        
        
          themselves, Government Agencies, Banks, NGOs, etc. can access the data on the basis of
        
        
          login accounts.
        
        
          Encouraged by the positive response of the stakeholders in Phase I in Ramgarh (Jharkhand)
        
        
          and Dhule (Maharashtra) districts, the pilot project was expanded to 23 more districts
        
        
          under Phase II across various States.
        
        
          Data of 1.3 lakh SHGs has since been digitized in the pilot project and credit linkage of
        
        
          SHGs has shown handsome increase.
        
        
          
            
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