Women of the group are getting empowered from the oil mill processing unit positioned in Ripa.

Raipur, 23 September 2023

The Rural Industrial Park (RIPA) being operated in Gauthans underneath the formidable scheme of Chhattisgarh Government is enhancing the lives of villagers and girls. The efforts to make RIPA self-reliant have began yielding constructive and higher outcomes. Villagers and girls have now change into expert and are shifting in the direction of turning into self-reliant by way of small employment.

An oil mill processing unit has been established by the ladies in Ripa of Gram Panchayat Koliyari (Netanar) of Narayanpur district. In which 10 members of Bajrangi Self-Help Group have been linked with RIPA and given coaching associated to processing and packaging within the oil mill processing unit. After coaching, Bajrangi Self-Help Group is buying oilseed crops from close by farmers, processing and packaging them and promoting them in giant portions available in the market. Due to the superb high quality of oil, its demand is rising day-to-day available in the market. The group has to date packed 600 liters of oil, the worth of which is Rs 250 per litre. Till now the group has offered oil price Rs 1 lakh 50 thousand. Earlier, the members of the group have been in a position to earn solely Rs 1000 to Rs 1500 a month, however right now the month-to-month earnings of every member has reached Rs 6000. This group has at present acquired orders for oil price roughly Rs 10 lakh. The ladies of Bajrangi Group say that together with the oil processing unit work, we additionally do agricultural work from home and MNREGA work. He stated that we’re very pleased to do that work, as a result of getting good earnings helps within the upkeep of the household.

It is noteworthy that Chief Minister Shri Bhupesh Baghel had launched Mahatma Gandhi Rural Industrial Park Scheme RIPA on 2 October 2022, on the day of Gandhi Jayanti. Under the scheme, 300 rural industrial parks are being developed within the first part. The state authorities has made a price range provision of Rs 600 crore for the event of those parks. Rs 2 crore have been allotted for the event of every RIPA. Under the scheme, by connecting Gauthans to Mahatma Gandhi Rural Industrial Park, the earnings of households in rural areas is rising. Villagers are getting new sources of accelerating earnings as a result of which they’re turning into economically stronger. Due to promotion of entrepreneurship in villages, employment is being created on a big scale on the native stage, as a result of which individuals now not should exit for every day wages.