Innovative initiative to make girls self-reliant from conventional Dheki

There is a practice of extracting rice from Dheki in Chhattisgarh, which known as the bowl of rice. Earlier each home within the village had a dhekhi. Dheki cooked rice may be very tasty and nutritious, so there’s a good demand for Dheki rice even right this moment within the metropolitan cities. In view of this, revolutionary initiative has been taken to make girls self-reliant from Dheki in Dantewada district.
The Dheki rice manufacturing unit has been launched by the state authorities within the village Panchayat Katekalyan in 2022. In this, 15 didis of girls self-help teams are working. Here the paddy being utilized in Dheki is introduced from close by villages, because of which greater than 100 girls are getting benefitted not directly. Apart from this, greater than 90 dhekis are prepared, because of which extra individuals will get employment. Dheki Rice is being launched available in the market with the model identify Danex i.e. Dantewada NEXT, which is its personal model in Dantewada district.
Farmers in Dantewada are utilizing natural manure in agriculture. The rice produced by them by not utilizing chemical fertilizers and medicines within the fields is totally wholesome and chemical free. Organically produced indigenous species are used to arrange Dheki rice. After harvesting, the work of cleansing and packing the rice has additionally been given to the ladies.
It is price mentioning that Dheki is an previous model rice mill. It is manufactured from laborious wooden. Which is pressed with the foot on one aspect and an iron pestle on the opposite. Paddy full of a pestle is pounded on oak-like wooden. When there’s a drive because of weight within the paddy, the golden husk separates from the rice.

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