women empowerment

Annapurna Kalluri with eco-friendly bags Enterprise

Millet entrepreneur sets up eco-friendly bags business to create livelihoods, clocks Rs1 crore annual turnover

Annapurna Kalluri, a millet entrepreneur, set up an eco-friendly bag-making unit in Kolluru, Andhra Pradesh, in 2015 to create employment for rural women. She has scaled it up to Rs1 crore annual turnover and created entrepreneurs in the process

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