Tirunelveli Social Service Society administers micro-credit programme for ensuring the economic development in the lives of the most marginalized target people namely small and marginal farmers, agricultural labourers and others who involve in different trades of income generation programme. During the reporting year, 2805 beneficiaries had been given loan from the micro-credit programme of TSSS and 3936 beneficiaries were given loan from TSSS-Sangamam savings and credit programmes. The above assistance helped the target stakeholders to get involved in different income generating initiatives such as goat rearing, poultry maintenance, agricultural activities, starting new and viable petty business,education and marriage of children, repair and renovation of houses and to expand the present viable income generating ventures for ensuring a qualitative change and growth in their lives.