A Self Help Group namely Indira SHG was constituted under SHPI-II programme by one Hasit Gupta, activist of Janmitram Kalyan Samiti. The SHG is headed by President Nammukhi, Secretary Damayanti and included by active members like Champa, Malika, Udiya.
After came into being, Indira SHG was looking for a suitable business to run. In the mean time they came to know about Lac cultivation and its benefits from neighboring SHGs of village. Later on the SHG obtained all information related to Lac and availed required equipments & raw material like Lac breeding seeds (pest), insecticides from RISA (Raigarh Integrated Shelach Association). Accordingly the process of Lac cultivation was started. And in only 2 years the SHG earned around 60-70 thousand rupees by selling LAC. As a team effort, profit goes to the account of SHG. In return the members are taking individual loan and initiating their own business.
Now Indira SHG is in close coordination of RISA for processing raw Lac to Chauri and then sell it in market. In this connection RISA is purchasing raw Lac from them directly.
Among other members of Indira SHG Champa, Nammukhi are doing vegetable business, Malika sells Murra (By Product of rice), Udiya has a cycle repairing shop. Other members are associated with cultivation.
In pleasure Damayanti differentiates days before and after formation of SHG with the benefits they are getting in terms of loan whereas they were lending money with high interest from landlords. Women who were shying before to go outside now used to visit Banks, Govt. /Non Govt. offices for several purposes. This unity has brought a lot of strength in them to step outside and get aware of many schemes. You can often see them posing for women’s right. The members are promoting their own business too that stabilized their financial strength individually. Apart from above they talk of social reformation in village and trying to eliminate superstition, blind believes etc with the help of Mitanin. They are more cautious about health & education that reflects from their looks.
By adopting new technologies, their production level has been increased compared to traditional method which was reducing the life span of hosting tree, either resulting less profit or even zero. This condition led the farmer to stop the business. But it’s a different scenario now, after taking training on scientific method, the villagers are applying new techniques like rowing & removing Lac stick (insect) from the hosting tree, spraying insecticides, pruning & harvesting in proper & timely manner. This is giving them good profit.
