Ranjan's Story of Becoming Self Reliant
LED is the newest and most exciting technological advancement in the lighting industry, which appeared relatively recently and gained popularity in our market because of its high-quality illumination, long life service and other advantages. Here is the story of Ranjana Begum Barbhuiya of Rahmat Self Help Group under Kaushalya Mahila Cluster Level Federation of BMMU Silchar. Ranjana bought significant changes in her life by engaging herself in LED bulb assembling business after coming into ASRLM SHG fold and after availing different financial support from the mission. The woman took up the initiative after her son had received LED bulb assembling training from a certain institute. Mrs. Ranjana took a loan of Rs. 20,000 from her SHG to finance her venture followed by bank loan Rs. 30000 and Community Investment Fund Rs. 25000. Initially, they struggled to source components locally, and eventually found vendors from Delhi to supply the equipment. By 2019 end, the equipment had a...