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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
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Foragers to managers: Baran's Sahariya women exchange firewood for financial freedom

Kota: Inside dense forests of Rajasthan's Baran, a quiet revolution under "Mission Samarthya-Saksham Sakhi" is replacing economic vulnerability with financial sovereignty for over 1,000 Sahariya tribal women.

Sahariya women are transitioning from low-wage forest foraging to managing automated packaging units, supplying local produce to a guaranteed institutional market set to achieve an annual target worth over Rs 8 crore.

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