Topic: self-help groups

A Diwali Saras Mela has been organised in Etawah to make women self-reliant and provide a market for their products, with 28 stalls set up by self-help group members.

At the Saras fair in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, 10 self-help groups have set up stalls to sell locally made products by rural women.

A training programme for self-help group presidents was held at Sahakar Bharati’s Rajajipuram office in Lucknow under the Swadeshi Diwali campaign.

Bhopal Divisional Commissioner Sanjeev Singh toured Berasia villages on Thursday, inspecting NRLM women-led enterprises, field ponds, nurseries, organic farming and a gaushala.