Diverse Rural Livelihoods

My name is Puspanjali Potra. My village is Teariga. My Panchayat is Katingia. Block Daringbadi. District Kandhamal. I am an SHG woman. If the government gives 20,000 rupees, I would be able to do poultry farming and my family would be able to sustain itself.

— Susila Behera · Gajapati, Odisha

My name is Mangapurda. My village is Guduri Guda. My Gram Panchayat is Katinga, my block is Daringbadi, district Kandhamal. I am an SHG woman. If the government provides 20,000 rupees, it will help in poultry farming and will be able to assist my family with their needs.

— Susila Behera · Gajapati, Odisha

My name is Arati Bisoi, from Kinnariga village, Brahmaniga panchayat, Daringbadi block, Kandhamal district. I am an SSG woman, my family is a very poor family. If the government provides me 60,000 assistance, I will be able to buy grocery items and become a leader in supporting my family.

— SUBASH SABHASUNDAR · Gajapati, Odisha

My name is Subita Majhi. Village Saragori. Panchayat Kumbaria, Block Darimati, District Kandhamal. I am a poor, adult woman. My family is experiencing financial difficulties with its livelihood. If the government had provided me with 20,000 rupees in assistance, I would have engaged in profitable agriculture, which would have helped in maintaining my family's livelihood.

— SUBASH SABHASUNDAR · Gajapati, Odisha

My name is Malini Konda. Village Khariguda, Panchayat Tapinga, Block Daringibadi, District Kandhamal. I am an SSG woman, my family is a very poor-class family. If the government provides 50,000 assistance, I will be able to lead my family by doing cloth business and handicraft business. And our

— SUBASH SABHASUNDAR · Gajapati, Odisha

My name is Harmoni Rohita. Village Rangaguda, Panchayat Bramania, Block Daringbadi, District Kandhamal. I am an SHG woman. My family is a very poor class family. If the government provides me with 20,000 assistance, I will be able to lead my family by raising chickens.

— SUBASH SABHASUNDAR · Gajapati, Odisha

My name is Morosmi Rekha Mapatra. Village Brahmaniga, Manchu Brahmaniga, Block Banigarh, District Kandhamal. I am an SHG woman. My family is a very poor family. If the government provides me with twenty thousand assistance, I can become a leader in running my family by doing poultry farming.

— Usharani Dandasena · Gajapati, Odisha

My name is Rashmi Paiko. Village Brahmnigaon, Panchayat Brahmnigaon, Block Daringbadi, District Kandhamal. I am an SSG woman, my family is a very poor family. If the government provides me with ₹10,000 assistance, I will be able to do poultry farming and become a leader in supporting my family.

— Usharani Dandasena · Gajapati, Odisha

My name is Kumari Pudra. My village is Gudri Guda. My Panchayat is Katinga. My block is Daringbadi, district Kandhamal. I am a woman from an SHG. If the government provides 20,000 rupees, I would be able to rear chickens and my family's sustenance would be benefited.

— Susila Behera · Gajapati, Odisha

My name is Gayatri Pradhan. My village is Dibaguda. The panchayat is Pipakaradi, and the block is Tikabali. If our SHG (Self-Help Group) was given 1000 rupees, we could do small farming and support our family.

— Sunita Pradhan · Tikabali, Kandhamal, Odisha

My name is Nandini Mondal. Village Rangaguda, Panchayat Brahmanigaon, Block Daringibadi, District Kandhamal. I am an SHG woman. My family is a very poor family. If the government provides 3000 rupees assistance, I will be able to do poultry farming and become self-reliant in managing my family.

— Usharani Dandasena · Gajapati, Odisha

My name is Maruti Padra. Village Puramundi. Gram Panchayat Kottinga. Block Jarigaon, District Kandhamal. I am an SHG woman. My family is a poor family. We are living in great scarcity to support my family. If the government had given me 20,000 rupees, then by doing poultry farming, I could have been fruitful in supporting my family.

— SUBASH SABHASUNDAR · Gajapati, Odisha

My name is Guruti Padra. My village is Udriguda. My panchayat is Katingia. Block Daringbadi, District Kandhamal. I am an ST woman. If the government provides 20,000 rupees, I would be able to assist in poultry farming.

— Susila Behera · Gajapati, Odisha

My name is Uttara Pradhan, from Pisaram village, Kandhamal district. If the government gives me 20 thousand rupees, I will try to cultivate mushrooms and alleviate my family's financial difficulties. Thank you.

— RITARANI PRADHAN · Raikia, Kandhamal, Odisha

My name is Maruthi Pada, village Puramundi, Gram Panchayat Tatinga, Block Jarigaon, District Kandhamal. I am an SHG woman. My family is a poor class family. We are living in great scarcity to support my family. If the government had given me 20,000 rupees, then by doing poultry farming, I could have been fruitful in supporting my family.

— SUBASH SABHASUNDAR · Gajapati, Odisha

My humble submission. My name is Daurati Malika. Village Kushtapur, Panchayat Brahmanigram, Block Daringbadi, District Kandhamal. I am an SHG woman. My family belongs to a very poor class. The government provided me 20,000 [rupees] in assistance. I can become self-reliant by doing poultry farming to run my family.

— Usharani Dandasena · Gajapati, Odisha

My name is Buli Singh, village Mandipanka, Panchayat Brahmaniga, block Daringbadi, district Kandhamal. I am an SHG woman, my family belongs to a very poor class. If the government provides me with twenty thousand assistance, I can run a petrol shop and become self-reliant in supporting my family.

— SUBASH SABHASUNDAR · Gajapati, Odisha

I am a farmer. My name is Bipra Podhara. My village is Gudariguda. Gram Panchayat Katinga, block Daringbadi, district Kandhamal. I am a farmer. If the government gives me 50,000 rupees in assistance, it would help in the sustenance of my family.

— Susila Behera · Gajapati, Odisha

My name is Narmada Pradhan. My village is Lampakoha, GP is Prikarodi, Block is Tikabali, District is Kandhamal. If the government gives me 20,000 rupees, then by doing goat farming, I would be able to live my life well. Since my children are also studying, I am living in some financial need. If the government helps me with 20,000, I would be benefited by doing goat farming.

— Sunita Pradhan · Tikabali, Kandhamal, Odisha

My name is Jhilli Podra. My village is Khariguda, Panchayat Katinga, Block Daringbadi, District Kandhamal. I am a self-help group woman. My family is a very poor family. The government provided 20,000 assistance. By doing poultry farming, I will be able to lead my family forward.

— SUBASH SABHASUNDAR · Gajapati, Odisha

My name is Kumari Molika. Panchayat Krushtapur. Panchayat village Baramena, village Krushtapur. Block Darinda, district Kandhamal. I am an SSG woman. My family is a very poor, struggling family. The government provided me 40,000 assistance. I will do prawn farming and will be able to lead my family.

— Usharani Dandasena · Gajapati, Odisha

My name is Rinkima Pradhan, Rayakia, Kandhamal. If the government would provide me a grant of twenty thousand rupees, then I would be able to sustain my family through mushroom farming and take care of my children's education.

— RITARANI PRADHAN · Raikia, Kandhamal, Odisha

My name is Sitarani Rohita. Village Rangaguda, Panchayat Brahmanigaon, Block Daringbadi, District Kandhamal. I am an SSG (Self-Help Group) woman. My family is a very poor-class family. The government provided 30,000 rupees assistance. By doing a cloth shop or market business, I will be able to lead in running my family (be self-sufficient).

— SUBASH SABHASUNDAR · Gajapati, Odisha

My name is Sabita Patra. I am an SHG woman. If the government provides twenty thousand rupees, it will help in poultry farming and my family will be able to manage financially.

— Susila Behera · Gajapati, Odisha

My name is Kabita Patra. My village is Tiariga. My Gram Panchayat is Katingia. Block Taringbadi. District Kandhamal. I am an SHG (Self-Help Group) woman. If the government provides 20,000 rupees, it helps in poultry farming and I can manage my family.

— Susila Behera · Gajapati, Odisha

My name is Lakshmi Padra. My village is Gudri Guda, my Panchayat is Katinga, Block Daringbadi, District Kandhamal. I am an SHG woman. If the government provides 20,000 rupees, it would help in poultry farming.

— Susila Behera · Gajapati, Odisha

My name is Bubi Patra. I am an SHG woman. If the government gives 20,000 rupees, it would help in poultry farming and I could support my family.

— Susila Behera · Gajapati, Odisha

My name is Anita Pattanayak. Gramapudu Mundi. Gram Panchayat Kattinga. Block Daribadi, District Kandhamal. I am an SHG (Self-Help Group) woman. If the government would give me twenty rupees, then I would do chicken farming to support my family.

— SUBASH SABHASUNDAR · Gajapati, Odisha

My name is Chanchala Kahara. Rayagada, Kandhamal. If the government gives me 20,000 rupees, then with that money, I would take care of my family and do a small mushroom cultivation, and for the maintenance of my children, I would adopt that earning method.

— RITARANI PRADHAN · Raikia, Kandhamal, Odisha

My name is Rajani Baliarsingh, my village is Taringa, Panchayat Katingia, Block Daringbadi, District Kandhamal. I am a farmer. If the government provides me with 60,000 rupees in assistance, I will buy more seeds, which would help in supporting my family.

— Susila Behera · Gajapati, Odisha

My name is Rajashree Pada, from Khariguda village, Katinga Panchayat, Darimali block, Kandhamal district. I am an SHG (Self-Help Group) woman. My family is a poor family. If the government had given me 20,000 rupees in assistance, then I would have been able to support my family by raising chickens.

— SUBASH SABHASUNDAR · Gajapati, Odisha

Noli Tar Rohita, Rangaguda village panchayat, public representative, Kandhamal district. I am an SSG woman. My family is a very poor-class family. If the government provides me 30,000 assistance, I will do poultry farming and will be able to become a leader in supporting my family.

— SUBASH SABHASUNDAR · Gajapati, Odisha

My name is Jhini Kandha. My village is Mandipanka, my Panchayat is Brahmaniga, Block Daringbadi, District Kandhamal. I am an SHG woman, my family is a very poor class family. The government provided me with 20,000 assistance. I will be able to lead in supporting my family by doing poultry farming.

— SUBASH SABHASUNDAR · Gajapati, Odisha

My name is Mamata Digal. My village is Raka Teju, the Panchayat is Siangbali, and the block is Daringbadi. If I receive 20,000 rupees, we will cultivate mushrooms and support our family.

— Mamata Digal · Kandhamal, Odisha

My name is Suchitra Pradhan, my village is Budhamaha, GP is Pipikaradi, Block is Tikabali. If our SHG group quickly gives us twenty thousand, then by doing small farming, we could support our family. And we would also be able to live happily. We especially request this from the government.

— Sunita Pradhan · Tikabali, Kandhamal, Odisha