BASIX disbursed a loan of Rs.10,000 to Manikyamma, for her Kirana shop at Muchavaram village. The loan was through the SHG - Sarojini Mahila Mandali.Her husband is an electrician and earns around Rs.500 per month. They have two school going children. They have agricultural land of two acres from which they get an income of 15,000 per annum. This year they have not sold their rice as the prices are quite low and they are waiting for them to go up. This is the case with most of the farmers who are waiting desperately for the prices to go up hence the payment to the SHGs also is delayed due to this reason.
Manikyamma is a quiet woman. She shyly tells you that she has had her education upto the 7th standard. The kirana business is mainly taken care of by her. One finds that the provision in her shop is in full stock which she has arranged decoratively. Her daily income is around Rs.150 and during season i.e. January-March it increases to Rs.300. Women find it very convenient to operate from home because they can take care of their household duties also at the same time.
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Aditya,
Please send me some of those pics[roll no 2 @ yelagiri]... I want to update them in my blog..
send them when u have time...digital or paper format.
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