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Sameer Showkin Lone

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Starting with Rs 3 daily wages, how this Kashmiri man became a millionaire farmer

After working as a labourer in Haryana for 15 years, Ghulam Mohammad Mir returned to Kashmir to buy 3 kanals of land. Today, the 70-plus farmer runs a thriving organic farm enterprise employing a dozen people and inspiring new-age farmers

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