A Technical design
intervention by the Rural Technology center of Indian Institute of Technology
(IIT) Delhi has helped about 2000 rural women in Bharatpur district of
Rajasthan engaged in fabrication of tulsi malas, boost their production and
earn a better livelihood by introducing advanced machinery.
Women could fabricate
30 to 40 tulsi malas with the old machines and make a profit between
Rs.60-Rs.80 per day. They were facing problems of low production and physical
pain while working on these machines.
Sita Ram Gupta,
executes director of the Lupin Foundation who collaborated with IIT, points out
that the new machines are capable of enhancing the production of Tulsi malas
four-fold and provide a comfortable posture for operating them. With each machine,
women are now able to prepare beads for 200 to 250 malas everyday and fabricate
the final product into different designs.
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