Start Small, Build Self-Reliance
To achieve self-reliance and ensure employment for youth, focus on starting accessible small businesses like making candles and incense sticks.
By Jagannath Baraik · LAPUNG
Responds to — Youth unemployment, lack of local economic opportunities
For our vision of a developed India by 2047, where all youth have employment and everyone should have a permanent house, we must become self-reliant. I believe we can achieve this by looking at simple, accessible businesses right here in our communities. A candle business, an incense stick business—these are practical options. With an investment around 20,000, these ventures can provide much-needed opportunities.
It's not just about candles and incense sticks, though they are good starting points. We can also consider goat farming, tailoring, or even making delicious cakes and bakery products, or soap. The key is to empower our youth and farmers to become entrepreneurs, creating their own livelihoods.
When we embrace these small-scale endeavors, we are building a foundation for a future where everyone has a path to employment and economic stability, moving towards a truly self-reliant community.
The recipe
Identify and initiate accessible small-scale businesses to create local employment and foster self-reliance.
Small businessSelf-relianceYouth employmentLocal economyIncome generationEntrepreneurship
