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Economic empowerment of women depends on their long-term engagement in economic activities. Two arguments support this concept. One, majority of the poor in the world including India is women. Two, empowering women will transform the entire household and not the person concerned alone. Among the various measures targeted towards women empowerment, the provision of Micro finance through Self Help Groups assumes vital importance across nations. Money is strength, therefore women should find appropriate employment to support themselves and lead life contributing to the economic status of her family as well as the nation. An attempt has been made in present paper to study the role of Self-Help-Groups (SHGs) in economic empowerment of women. This paper is primarily based on primary data collected from Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir. The findings of the data analysis revealed that micro finance through SHGs have created a positive impact for its beneficiaries. Participation in self help groups has a positive impact on the income, savings, and assets position of the participants.