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District Watershed Development Unit - Jamnagar
Net profit = Total sell- total expenditure= 52500 – 31800 = 20700/-.
Production System-2: Papad Making
For women to become a successful entrepreneur, she needs access to capital, technical and managerial know-how and market. The essence to
empower rural women lies in catalyzing appropriate economic activities at the grass root level and creating new opportunities for them to earn
higher income in order ton improve their standard of living. This objective could be accomplished by establishing enterprises that are based on the
locally available resources and preferably indigenous knowledge. Self Help Groups (SHG), each with 10-20 members, will be motivated and
proper training will be provided for each micro enterprise activity which will improve the quality of their own lives as well as the lives of those
around them.
Introduction
Papad is delicious snack. It is consumed at homes, restaurants, hotels, etc. Papad is a traditional item consumed in all functions.
Traditionally this activity was confined to household papad making but in view of increasing demand and availability of machinery
(mechanisation) it has now been developed in cottage and small scale sector. Enterprise can be started by 2 family members and optimum
machinery.
Market
Field survey findings indicated that papad industry has good potential in big centers in cities like Gondal and Jetpur of Rajkot areas. There
is a good demand for papads because it is a food product and commonly consumed commodity in all households and hotels. Women entrepreneurs
can gainfully take up this papad/Khakhra unit in their houses but proper packing and distribution network is necessary to sell in bulk quantities.
Manufacturing Process
Generally weighed quantity of floor is taken in a mixer. A solution of common salt and carbonates is added in requisite quantity of water
and the contents are kneaded at maximum speed to get a homogenous lump of the dough. After resting the dough for 30 minutes, it is divided into
balls. These are pressed into circular discs. Corn starch can be used as dusting material to prevent stickiness. The papads are usually dried. After
drying, it is packed in various size packing. Lot of 25 or 50 papads is then packed in polythene bags. Papad can be manufactured from different
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