Assam employment: More than 400 women from Puthimari generate Rs 25 lakh income from farming
Tezpur: More than 400 women in Assam's Puthimari area are generating Rs 25 lakhs turnover in a single year by practising agricultural activities in nearly 1000 bighas of farm land.
They are now targeting to double their income in the current year.
At a time when hundreds of people of the region are reeling under the problem of unemployment, the women folks of Puthimari area under Barchala LAC in Sonitpur District are generating in lakhs by practising agricultural activities and cultivating variety of crops in nearly 1000 bighas of land on the bank of river Brahmaputra and Gabharu, The Assam Tribune.
Organised under the banner of ‘Jaimati Farmers’ Company Limited’ the women have been cultivating variety of crops including mustard, potato, black-lentil and paddy among other seasoned green vegetables turning hectares of barren land into lush green fields, the newspaper reported.
One of the members of the farm Kamal Kumari Boro stated that their produce have been able to capture the market in the entire region.
IBNS
Senior Staff Reporter at Northeast Herald, covering news from Tripura and Northeast India.
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