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| Bio Village |
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| Location |
Manikollai Village, Chidambaram,
Tamil Nadu |
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| Geographical Map |
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| The Group |
Manikollai Federation SHG |
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Date of Loan Disbursement |
August 2003 |
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| Loan Amount |
Rs. 1,00,000 (Rs.40,000 from this
Bank) |
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| Activity |
The Manikollai Small Farmers Lift-Irrigation
Federation (MSFLF) in Chidambaram project area has started
a Biocentre in the village of Manikollai by taking a loan
of $2000 ($600 from this Bank) They have taken 9.36-acre
land on lease. The land is being developed by the villagers
to showcase models for production of mushrooms, liquid
Bio-fertilizer, vegetable cultivation and fishpond for
income generation. The Farmers Association is able to
generate income from various activities and at the same
time are able to offer appropriate technologies for other
farmers to start viable enterprises. Because of the support
of the grass root level Farmers association, the marginalized
farmers are able to get better price and assured market.
The Association has started repaying from the income being
generated. |
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| Dairy Farming |
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| Location |
Sorapattu village, Pondicherry |
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| Geographical Map |
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| The Group |
Vijayalakshmi SHG |
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Date of Loan Disbursement |
February 2002 |
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| Loan Amount |
Rs. 48,000 |
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| Activity |
 The
Group has started dairy farming by availing an interest-free
loan to generate more income. Milk is consumed by the
household as well as sold to the Co-operative milk society.
This has changed the living standard of the members. |
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| Status |
Loan amount fully repaid |
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