rural empowerment

From savings of Rs 500, the women have built a Rs2-crore millet business

Enterprise

Odisha women turn entrepreneurs with millet food business; clock Rs2 crore annual turnover

When 10 women in the Sundargarh district pooled Rs50 each to make puffed rice laddus and earn some income, little did they know what the future held. Dibyajyoti SHG now earns Rs2 crore a year by selling 43 types of millet cookies and snacks across Odisha

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