₹1,715 crore to be given as loans to women SHGs in Salem district: Collector

Women self-help groups (SHGs) successful Salem territory are expected to person ₹1,715 crore successful loans during the 2026-2027 fiscal, said District Collector K. Elambahavath.

In a property release, helium said territory has 2.44 lakh members successful 20,700 women self-help groups. Of these, 1.81 lakh members successful 15,205 SHGs are successful agrarian areas and 62,954 members successful 5,495 SHGs are successful municipality areas. Of the 20,700 SHGs, 809 are tally by the elderly, 866 by tribespeople, 707 by the otherwise abled and six by transpersons.

For the fiscal twelvemonth 2025-2026, a people of ₹1,715 crore was fixed to beryllium fixed arsenic loans to SHGs, and the people was surpassed. For the existent fiscal, the people is again ₹1,715 crore, and until the archetypal week of June, ₹80.45 crore has been disbursed.

The officials person been instructed to place eligible SHGs and to supply them with loans. Through reappraisal meetings, suggestions are fixed to officials to marketplace the products produced by the women’s SHGs done e-commerce platforms similar Amazon and Flipkart arsenic good arsenic connected Instagram.

Likewise, these products volition beryllium displayed for merchantability successful section festivals, authorities and non-government exhibitions and publication festivals, the District Collector added.