The present study is about detailed information about Swarnajayanti Gram SwarojagarYojana (SGSY), a national level antipoverty program of government of India with regard to poverty eradication and women's empowerment. The fundamental motive of the schemes is to be reducing poverty in rural India through employment and empowerment. Activity clusters are established based on the aptitude and clout of the people which are nurtured to their maximum potential. Investments are provided by NGOs, banks and financial institutions. Poor families living below the poverty line were organised into Self-help groups established with a mixture of government subsidy and credit from investment banks. The basic aim of these SHGs was to bring these destitute families above the poverty line and concentrate on income generation through combined effort.

KEYWORDS: SGSY, SHG, JGSY, Employment and Empowerment.