In an attic on top of a two-room house, 31-year-old Sundar is block-printing on a five-metre bedsheet with a maroon dye at Rohtak’s Lakhan Majra village in Haryana, which lies around 90 kilometres to the north-west of Delhi. The room, open on three sides with iron mesh, allows gusty and dry summer wind to pass through … Read more
The Centre on Tuesday said it has disbursed Rs 25.25 crore in the first year of the PMFME scheme for meeting seed capital requirements of eligible 8,000-odd Self Help Group (SHG) members engaged in food processing activities. The Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME), launched on June 29 last year, aims to … Read more
DHORDO (Gujarat): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday interacted with farmers from Kutch district of Gujarat, including those from Punjab who have settled here, and also members of a local self-help group (SHG). The separate interactions took place on the sidelines of an event where Modi, on a day-long visit to Gujarat, laid foundation stones … Read more