Submission Guidelines

  • Original research articles are invited from academicians, consultants, industry practitioners and research scholars on the following themes:
    • Economic development of minorities, poor people and economically weaker sections of the society.
    • Rural studies encompassing Microfinance, Interest Free Microfinance, Cooperative effort, Cooperative movement, and Cooperative Systems, etc.
    • Encourage free and frank discussion on the issues of concern related to Interest Free Finance.
    • Poverty, Poverty alleviation.
    • Interest Free Finance.
    • Micro Insurance Including Interest Free Insurance.
    • Technology and its role in microfinance.
  • SAHULAT A journal of Interest Free Microfinance adheres to a rigorous peer reviewing policy and follow a strict anti-plagiarism policy.
  • All the papers submitted will go through the Editorial Team’s preliminary examination and those shortlisted will be sent to the subject expert of the concerned area for Blind Review.
  • The manuscript should be submitted in two separate files i.e. title page and main body file.
  • The title page should contain the details of the author(s) i.e. name, affiliation, email address and contact number. No information about the author(s) should be provided in manuscript.
  • Correspondence Author details should be clearly mentioned in title page for further communication.
  • Manuscript should be in Times New Roman font typed in 1.5 space with 12-point font size.
  • The main body files must be presented in the following orders
    • Title
    • Abstract with five keywords
    • Introduction
    • Background / Literature Review
    • Research Methodology
    • Analysis/Discussion
    • Conclusions
    • Implication
    • References
    • Appendices
  • Abstract should be in 300-400 words clearly mentioning purpose, methodology, findings, originality and implications.
  • Main Body must not be in more than 5000 words.
  • References should be arranged in APA (6th) format arranged alphabetically.
  • All the Tables and Figures should be numbered along with suitable captions and source from which it has been taken.
  • Footnotes, Italics and quotation marks should be kept minimum.
  • Upon acceptance of an article, author(s) will be asked to complete the copyright form.
  • Author(s) will receive a complimentary copy of the issue in which his/her article is published.
  • The decision of the editorial board regarding the publication in the journal would be final.
  • Submit your article to the journal at editor@sahulatjournal.com