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From toil to triumph

Driven by the need for an increased income, this homemaker from a Jharkhand village started a bio-resource centre, fostering healthier crops and paving the way towards adopting sustainable agricultural practices.

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9 rural entrepreneurs who changed India

Entrepreneurs from rural India – some with the most basic education and some with professional qualifications – make life easy for many people, especially those in villages, with their innovations.

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A rural woman’s ‘toy story’ towards success

An accidental brush with a training programme turns an unlettered rural woman into an entrepreneur who now runs a soft toy business in Rajasthan. She now earns Rs 30,000 per month and employs 12 women.

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Kokum fruit juice tastes of success in Karnataka

A rural couple in Uttara Kannada of Karnataka hits the jackpot with various flavours of kokum juice, popularising a favourite household drink.

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Village of coat makers

With 150 tailors and hundreds of sewing machines, Kajliban in Dewas district has built up a formidable reputation for itself as the 'coat walon ka gaanv' – village of coat makers.

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Tribal women seize opportunities, turn micro entrepreneurs

With the right support, women in Khunti have overcome challenges and emerged as entrepreneurs. Each woman’s micro business has been her family’s financial mainstay during the pandemic

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Enterprising Odisha women take to selling fish to improve lives

Women in Odisha’s coastal fishing villages have turned to selling fish and value-added fishery products after eliminating middlemen and abolishing the home brewing of country liquor, the root cause of their problems