Fruit & Vegertable Crafting
In March 2019, Smt. Pammi devi w/o arjun kumar, along with other shg members from Block Bishnah, VO Ranjitpur, undertook a 30 Days long training initiated by JKSRLM UMEED at the Block Training Centre and acquired the skills of making Jams, Pickles, sauces, chutneys and concentrates. The training was a part of JKRLM’s vision of making the rural women self reliant and thus enabling them to start a lucrative livelihood for themselves. Seeing her zest for making her life meaningful and become an earning hand for her family The Mission motivated and helped her to start a food processing and preservation unit in Rehal in convergence with the Dept. of Horticulture in April 2019. The Mission provided her loan of around 2 lakh from CLF and also helped her obtain a subsidy from the Dept. of Horticulture. It has turned out to be a very successful venture since the ladies have earned over RS.62000/- in 2019, and have also sold their products in SARAS fair in Delhi and other local markets. It has become a group initiative as around 7 ladies from various SHGs have also joined hands to work together in this unit. The unit has also initiated the process of acquiring FSSAI license.