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West Bengal tops credit linkage of self help groups: Mamata
    Kolkata, Jul 15 (PTI) West Bengal has emerged as the
top state in terms of credit linkage of self help groups (SHG)
in the cooperative sector during the 2018-19 fiscal, Chief
Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Monday.
    Citing a report of the National Bank for Agriculture
and Rural Development (NABARD), Banerjee said the state gave
credit to over 97,500 SHGs in the sector.
    "As per the report of NABARD, West Bengal provided
credit to 97,535 self help groups in the cooperative sector,
leading to huge creation of employment and income generation,
mostly among women," the CM said in a tweet. PTI SCH
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