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Anita Malge (Solapur)

Vasundhara Mitra, Activist

Hon. Prime Minister Narendra Modiji invited her through video conferencing in a famous programme 'Man Ki Baat' to discuss women's empowerment and millet production. She is the Chairman of Yashaswini Agro Producer Company for the upliftment of women and implementing plans for economic development. The company consists of 1,400 women farmers and shareholders deal with a variety of products such as tur, jowar, channa, vegetables and fruits. The organisation did various developmental activities like building toilets under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and providing skill development training to women in non-agri related sectors. She actively participated in government schemes like Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Jalyukta Shivar Yojana, Athwadi Bazar, Shetkari Women's Group and NABARD JLG for successful implementation. Under her guidance organic farming scheme is running on 500 hectares in which 1000 trees were planted and conserved. As Solapur district is a leader in the production of millet, a group of women under her leadership have produced 12 types of Millet Biscuits and Cookies, Cakes, Lahya, Pohe, Rava, Chakali, Ladoo, Shevaya, Papad and Sandge etc. and participated in various exhibitions at state and national level.