A modern avatar of the charkha is helping Kashmiri women make a living through spinning yarns
A modern avatar of the charkha is helping Kashmiri women make a living through spinning yarns

By Sadaf Shabir

A Srinagar-based shawl manufacturing company has distributed modern spinning wheels to local women and trained them to spin pashmina and silk threads on the foot-operated charkhas. The women, many of whom work from home, earn Rs 5,000 a month.

A Srinagar-based shawl manufacturing company has distributed modern spinning wheels to local women and trained them to spin pashmina and silk threads on the foot-operated charkhas. The women, many of whom work from home, earn Rs 5,000 a month.

Promoting khadi: UP govt to push for online markets, distribute solar charkhas, rope in fashion designers
Promoting khadi: UP govt to push for online markets, distribute solar charkhas, rope in fashion designers

By गाँव कनेक्शन

With an aim to promote the sale of fabrics made of khadi, the Uttar Pradesh government is set to launch a slew of measures like using digital marketing and acquiring talent from the country's premier fashion institutes. More details here.

With an aim to promote the sale of fabrics made of khadi, the Uttar Pradesh government is set to launch a slew of measures like using digital marketing and acquiring talent from the country's premier fashion institutes. More details here.

इस गांव में घर-घर पर चल रहा है चरखा, जिंदा है दशकों पुरानी परम्परा
इस गांव में घर-घर पर चल रहा है चरखा, जिंदा है दशकों पुरानी परम्परा

By गाँव कनेक्शन

पंजाब में अब जैविक खादी: बीटी कॉटन की जगह देसी कपास की खेती और गांवों में चल रहे चरखे
पंजाब में अब जैविक खादी: बीटी कॉटन की जगह देसी कपास की खेती और गांवों में चल रहे चरखे

By Arvind Shukla

पंजाब में बनाया जा रहा है जैविक कपास से कपड़ा, महिलाएं चरखे पर कातती हैं सूत, चलाती हैं खड़्डियां

पंजाब में बनाया जा रहा है जैविक कपास से कपड़ा, महिलाएं चरखे पर कातती हैं सूत, चलाती हैं खड़्डियां

Only Narendra Modi has truly understood Mahatma Gandhi
Only Narendra Modi has truly understood Mahatma Gandhi

By Dr SB Misra

It is true that Deendayal Upadhyay, Nanaji Deshmukh, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and now Narendra Modi had never donned Gandhi cap or expressly declared themselves followers of Gandhiji, but their work ethics leaned towards Gandhiji’s ideals

It is true that Deendayal Upadhyay, Nanaji Deshmukh, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and now Narendra Modi had never donned Gandhi cap or expressly declared themselves followers of Gandhiji, but their work ethics leaned towards Gandhiji’s ideals

A Hub of Food and Livelihood
A Hub of Food and Livelihood

By Mudassir Kuloo

Trained under a government programme, 12 young Kashmiri women who come from fishing and farming communities have set up a restaurant, the Srinagar Millet Hub, that is gathering momentum, both online and offline.

Trained under a government programme, 12 young Kashmiri women who come from fishing and farming communities have set up a restaurant, the Srinagar Millet Hub, that is gathering momentum, both online and offline.

Current Affair: Women All Charged Up As They Become Electricians
Current Affair: Women All Charged Up As They Become Electricians

By Laraib Fatima Warsi

In a male-dominated profession, women electricians in Indore, Madhya Pradesh are now rewiring gender stereotypes and becoming a part of new building projects and providing other electrical services.

In a male-dominated profession, women electricians in Indore, Madhya Pradesh are now rewiring gender stereotypes and becoming a part of new building projects and providing other electrical services.

Silk reelers in Odisha bask in the sunshine of enhanced livelihoods
Silk reelers in Odisha bask in the sunshine of enhanced livelihoods

By Aishwarya Tripathi

Adoption of solar-run portable reeling machines has increased the earnings of silk reelers and weavers manifold. Unnati, a solar-powered reeling machine offered by the social enterprise Resham Sutra, costs Rs 35,000. Almost 70% of its beneficiaries are tribal women.

Adoption of solar-run portable reeling machines has increased the earnings of silk reelers and weavers manifold. Unnati, a solar-powered reeling machine offered by the social enterprise Resham Sutra, costs Rs 35,000. Almost 70% of its beneficiaries are tribal women.

सरकारी स्कूलों के ढांचे में सुधार की जरुरत
सरकारी स्कूलों के ढांचे में सुधार की जरुरत

By गाँव कनेक्शन

नीति आयोग द्वारा जारी 'स्कूल एजुकेशन क्वालिटी इंडेक्स 2019' के अनुसार सरकारी स्कूलों में प्राथमिक स्तर पर दाखिले में चिंताजनक गिरावट दर्ज की गई है।

नीति आयोग द्वारा जारी 'स्कूल एजुकेशन क्वालिटी इंडेक्स 2019' के अनुसार सरकारी स्कूलों में प्राथमिक स्तर पर दाखिले में चिंताजनक गिरावट दर्ज की गई है।

Angora Rabbit Project Brings Windfall to Farmers in Sikkim
Angora Rabbit Project Brings Windfall to Farmers in Sikkim

By Gaon Connection

Chuba Weavers Off-Farm Producers’ Co-operative Society Ltd has more than 200 members from four gram panchayat unit clusters under Namthang, South Sikkim. These members rear Angora rabbits and harvest their wool and sell it.

Chuba Weavers Off-Farm Producers’ Co-operative Society Ltd has more than 200 members from four gram panchayat unit clusters under Namthang, South Sikkim. These members rear Angora rabbits and harvest their wool and sell it.

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