Q. In which year, the SHG-Bank Linkage Programme (SHG-BLP) was started for the first time to improve micro-finance sector in India?
Answer: 1991-92
Notes: The programme of linking Self Help Groups (SHGs) to banks was started on a pilot basis by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) in the year 1991-92 and since then NABARD has been propagating, promoting and financing SHG-Bank Linkage Programme (SHG-BLP).