To empowering the women BUP has formed 196 Self Help Groups (SHG), consisting of 2354 women members in the groups. The members are involved in this programme in three blocks, Barasat-I, Barrackpur-II &Amdanga. The women are implementing small venture for self-employment like tailoring, embroidering, spice making, vegetable gardening, food processing, poultry, animal husbandry, small business etc. In this way women are becoming earning member of the family and getting opportunity to participate in decision-making process. Thus they are becoming empowered through this alternative livelihood options.