Annual Report 2011 - Ballarpur Industries Limited
Annual Report 2011 - Ballarpur Industries Limited
Annual Report 2011 - Ballarpur Industries Limited
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aSha ranI azaD nagar Slum, yamuna nagar<br />
Asha Rani taking care of Mushroom Unit<br />
“ My father is an alcoholic and our family falls<br />
under the BPL category. Because of this, I could<br />
not study beyond class 12. With help from the<br />
BILT CSR project, and training and financial<br />
assistance from the Horticulture Department,<br />
I took up mushroom cultivation. In 2010-11, I<br />
sold mushrooms worth Rs. 37,595/- with a net<br />
profit of Rs. 13,885/- in just four months. I was<br />
conferred the ‘Best Entrepreneur Award’ by the<br />
Horticulture Department, Yamuna Nagar, in<br />
2010. ”<br />
naKula BagDerIa ghIurI, jeypore BlocK, Koraput DIStrIct<br />
Nakula Bagderia in his maize crop field<br />
ballarpur industries limited | annual report 2010–11<br />
layam elISaBet anSIKIt chaIrperSon of paut enterprISe,<br />
Kg. alutoK, ulu tomanI, SaBah, malaySIa<br />
Layam Elisabet with a display of handicrafts at an exhibition<br />
“ SFI has changed the way I think. It has made<br />
me more confident by training me and my group<br />
members to run our handicraft business on a<br />
small scale from a remote village. Without SFI’s<br />
help, I would not have known about Malaysian<br />
craft and the opportunities available. Now I<br />
travel even to far off places like Kuala Lumpur<br />
to sell handicraft items. This supplements our<br />
family income substantially. We don’t depend<br />
solely on farm produce to survive now. I am very<br />
thankful to SFI-BILT for helping us improve our<br />
lives. ”<br />
“ My family and I have one acre of unused upland and only<br />
0.8 acres of arable land. Even though I cultivated paddy in<br />
the 0.8 acres of land to meet our food requirement, it was<br />
not sufficient.<br />
In 2008-09, on the advice of the CSR team, I tried<br />
maize cultivation in the Rabi season. From that 0.8 acres<br />
of land, I made a net profit of Rs. 10,000/-. In the 2010<br />
Kharif season, I took three acres of land on lease for maize<br />
cultivation, which yielded 81 quintals. I sold the dry maize<br />
to the poultry co-operative feed mill at Rs. 9/kg and made<br />
a net profit of Rs. 66,080 /- in just four months. Maize<br />
cultivation not only provided good returns, but was also a<br />
source of staple food round the year.<br />
Now I motivate other farmers to take up maize cultivation<br />
and am also planning to purchase land to increase the<br />
maize cultivation area. ”