CONTENTS About the Book v About the Editors vi Contributors and Their Affiliations ix Preface x-xii 1. Micro Finance and the Empowerment of 1-51 Socially Excluded Sanjeeb Kumar Jena and Sudhansu Kumar Das 2. Micro Finance for Financial Inclusion 52-65 Kartick Das 3. Micro Finance: A New Development Paradigm for Rural Transformation 66-74 Bhupen Pathari 4. Micro Credit for Development of Micro Enterprises 75-84 J.C.Kalita 5. Micro Finance: A Vehicle for Rural Development 85-96 S.K. Choudhury and B.B. Padhiari 6. Micro Finance and Entrepreneurship 97-142 Sanjeeb Kumar Jena 7. Micro Finance and Self-help Groups (SHGs) 143-149 L. Chakraborty 8. Financial Inclusion in India 150-158 Sanjay Kanti Das Appendix: Financial Sector Reforms in India 159-178 Index 179-186