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Rajasthan self-help groups help low-income women with farming, dairy

Women are also being involved in honey production, making solar energy equipment, online marketing, and training to make digital videos

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The Rajasthan Grameen Aajeevika Vikas Parishad (Rajeevika), through innovation, is taking the lead in this. Some of the measures are linking women in self-help groups (SHGs) to organic farming, and setting up a bank for women and milk dairies.

Anil Sharma Jaipur
The Rajasthan government is taking steps to strengthen the financial position of low-income rural women.
 
The Rajasthan Grameen Aajeevika Vikas Parishad (Rajeevika), through innovation, is taking the lead in this. Some of the measures are linking women in self-help groups (SHGs) to organic farming, and setting up a bank for women and milk dairies.
 
Women are also being involved in honey production, making solar energy equipment, online marketing, and training to make digital videos.
 
Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister Ramesh Meena said: “(Low-income) women on priority should be linked to organic and improved farming where land and

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