There are two distinguishing characteristics to Kudumbashree which set it apart from the usual SHG model of empowerment. These are
1.The universality of reach – from its very inception Kudumbashree has attempted 2.The scope of community interface in local governance – the functioning of Kudumbashree is tied up to the development It is using these opportunities that Kudumbashree strives to convert a microfinance led financial security model into a more comprehensive model of local economic development.
to bring every poor woman in the state within its fold, as a consequence of which today Kudumbashree is present in every village panchayat and municipality, and in nearly every ward, colony and hamlet. The sheer spread is mind boggling, and it is only because the local community of women drive the system that it has managed to persevere.
initiatives of the local government be it for social infrastructure, welfare or right based interventions or for employmentgeneration. From food security to health insurance, from housing to enterprise development, from the national wageemployment programme to the jagratha samiti, every development experience depends on Kudumbashree to provide thecommunity interface.