Kanchan Vaishav is a native of Bhilwara’s Agoocha Village. She is a 45-year-old woman, who has been working at Pulses Unit Agoocha since the beginning. Her husband worked as a farmer and now stays at home since long due to the bad health. After her daughter’s marriage, she and her all 4 sons started living separately. Kanchan was in SHG meeting, where one of her group member suggested her to join the pulses unit in her village. She started working there from the year 2019. When the pulses unit was formed she was hand-picking the pulses, but over time, She improved her abilities and now she is controlling the pulses mill. However, it was revealed by her that few years ago, she was afraid of turning on the electric switch at home but now she can turn on the pulse mill on her own. Kanchan now teach other women how to do so as well. She also continues to emphasise the importance of improving abilities in packaging, quality, and MRP printing.

Unit’s Contribution to Kanchan’s Life:

She is able to make Rs.4,500 to 5000 per month by engaging herself in the pulses unit, which she put towards household expenditures, purchasing medicines for her husband who had been at home since a long time and also paying the debt.

Kanchan’s Dream:

Kanchan’s aim is to run her family on her own and never wants to be in a situation where she has to rely on others for financial assistance. She also wants to look after her husband and also wish to save some for her daughter.

About the Enterprise: 

The pulses unit is located in Agoocha, Bhilwara (Rajasthan) and was established in 2019. Now, the unit is producing Arhar, Urad, and Moong. The farmers are contacted directly to obtain these pulses. In addition, preference is given to farmers whose ladies are members of SHGs, and this unit allowed them to sell their harvests directly. This action motivated many additional families to join SHG and get the benefits through the earnings. The pulses plant is likewise owned and managed by rural SHG women, who are responsible for everything from machine operation to packing, monitoring, sorting, grading, and cleaning. At this unit, total 15 SHG women are working. These rural ladies are so enthusiastic for stacking raw supplies and transporting pulses that they lift the bags themselves. It’s also worth mentioning that production started out tiny, but as demand rose, production was scaled up to full capacity in one year. The quality and traditional feeling of manufacture were retained even when output was increased to three times what it was at the outset. No negligence made in terms of quality or any other factor that distinguishes the pulses.