Each village panchayat has 20 to 22 cluster groups or self-help groups. Each group has 8 to 10 women. They apply for loans from the banks and procure the material for production. The processed produce...

She was earning about Rs 2,000 a month earlier from various activities. But during the lockdown, when no veterinary doctor would visit villages, she was earning more than Rs 5,000 through goat and pou...

The Mamata Banerjee government has decided to engage nearly 1 crore members of Self Help Groups to create awareness of how to battle the spread of Covid-19 in the rural areas of Bengal. The decision ...

The coal town civic body has started selling sanitary napkins at subsidised rates in all 45 public toilets spread across Jharia, Dhanbad, Sindri, Katras and Chhatatand.Napkins, made by women self-help...

Dispur has decided to grant an initial fund upto Rs 25,000 to 20,000 women self-help groups (SGHs) in the state under the Kanaklata Mahila Sabalikaran Yojna (Asoni). Some of the cheques were distribut...

Amar Khamar means my farm. This farm works with real farmers but operates in virtual space. The idea of floating a platform such as this one came to Sujoy Chatterjee when he was with an organisation t...

The self-help group (SHG) members with extensive reach to the rural areas of the Assam are helping veterinarians to vaccinate pigs following outbreak of classical swine fever (CSF). This has been a m...