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Ajmer: Praveena (36) of Tonk, who passed through an acute financial crisis during lockdown, makes pickles these days and sells those in Rajivika mart and the collectorate canteen to support her three children. Meera of Mali Mohalla of Tonk, who makes mud utensils, also sells the products in Rajivika mart and the colectorate canteen to support her family after her husband lost his job because of lockdown.
In a first-of-its-kind for women empowerment, Tonk collectorate has started mahila canteen and mart where women can sell their home-made products such as soaps, pickles, masala and other products under Rajivika mission of the state government. The canteen is run by women to promote small-scale women groups.
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Aminabad market wears a deserted look, amid COVID-19 induced lockdown, in Lucknow.
Lucknow traders, who had voluntarily shut down their establishments on April 15 following a surge in Covid cases in the state capital, are now urging the state government to cut down on restrictions and allow business to open.
The corona lockdown in Uttar Pradesh has been extended to May 31.
Hazratganj Traders Association President Kishan Chandra Bambhani said that since corona cases had come down considerably, the government should lift restrictions so that traders can resume business. He said that traders had, on their own, shut their shops in mid-April and it had been almost 40 days since the markets were closed.
The Aligarh lock industry which employs nearly 1.5 lakh skilled and unskilled workers has demanded prompt steps from the Yogi Adityanath government for its revival in the face of persistent hardships intensified by lockdowns. Severely setback by demonetisation and the subsequent digitisation, the sector was dealt a massive blow by the GST as it still is largely unorganised and lacks the resources to introduce online accounting, stakeholders of the industry complained. This, along with rising electricity charges, raw material costs and competition from low-cost Chinese products in the market, put severe stress on the industry that comprises around 6,500 cottage-scale units functioning in the traditional routine of production for six days and selling on the seventh.
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