Bandipora entrepreneur Shaheena Begum wins PM Modi’s reward

Bandipora, Feb 20: Bandipora’s Shaheena Begum, who has arrange a number of ventures offering livelihood and employment avenues for herself and others, gained Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reward throughout a web based interplay on Tuesday.

PM Modi hailed her as a real businesswoman when she revealed how she was capable of earn a livelihood and even help extra households as a job supplier after availing loans from the federal government’s employment schemes for rural folks.

“You’re a actual businessperson,” the PM mentioned when Shaheena revealed her aspiration of promoting her merchandise past Jammu and Kashmir.

Appreciating Shaheena, he mentioned, “My greetings to start with go to your dad and mom who raised you and offered you schooling and made you a postgraduate. Even after graduating, you most well-liked to settle in a village and bought married there and continued to dream massive.”

PM Modi mentioned that no person may have taken such benefit of this interplay the best way Shaheena did as she marketed her product to the nation.

Shaheena, a beneficiary of the Nationwide Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM)’s Self Assist Group (SHG) scheme, has been capable of arrange small-scale industries like rice flour mill, spice mill, oil expeller, poultry farm, and honey extracting enterprise in her village.

Speaking to Higher Kashmir, she mentioned, “I’m making sufficient from these ventures and am additionally offering employment to others. I additionally handle higher upbringing and schooling for my kids. I’m a residing instance of Lakhpati Didi.”

Shaheena expressed the identical views whereas interacting with PM Modi who congratulated her for her achievements.

“Many many congratulations from me for changing into Lakhpati Didi,” he advised her. “It’s a pleased feeling for me, however after I discuss Lakhpati Didis, these residing in Delhi will not be capable of digest the truth that somebody such as you from a rural space can obtain such a feat.”

Appreciating Shaheena, he mentioned, “You’ve gotten carried out it. The nation will know it’s doable.”

She mentioned that in her journey, apart from the federal government, her husband’s help had confirmed very important.

“I at all times went ahead with a motive of doing one thing totally different. To supply folks with pure and unadulterated merchandise,” Shaheena mentioned.

She mentioned she was grateful to PM Modi and Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha’s administration for offering such schemes that had been uplifting the poor and people in rural areas with fewer avenues.

Shaheena mentioned that in her interplay with PM Modi, she felt motivated.

“I felt he’s supportive and understands our thought course of,” she mentioned. “It was a cheerful feeling.”