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          Unsteady Circumstances Strengthen her Resolve...


           Her mother assisted her husband in his farming endeavours. Somvati studied upto the eighth grade and
           got married very early. After her marriage, she moved to Devipura village, in Uttarakhand and joined her
           husband who worked as an agricultural labourer.


           Somvati came to know about State Rural Livelihood Mission's, Self Help Group Programme, and became a
           member of a local self-help group in her village for poverty eradication. After joining the SHG in 2017, she
           went through a variety of training programmes. During one of the interactions, when community members
           in  her  area  were  given  an  orientation  regarding  Block  Resource  Center  and  Startup  Village
           Entrepreneurship Program activities, she learned about SVEP and began to dream about starting her own
           business. Somvati had always been impressed by the idea of setting up a Fast Food outlet and hence
           moved  ahead  with  developing  a  business  plan  on  this  business  idea.  She  got  it  approved  the  BRC
           Community Resource Person and procured approval to set up her outlet with a loan of Rs. 50,000.

           CRP-EP handheld Somwati in setting up her Mini
           Hotel and Snacks Point in Block Headquarters.
           Her outlet is growing every day with increasing
           demand.  Given the good response, Somvati now
           wishes to expand her range of food items to cater
           to  a  larger  audience.  She  employs  Google,
          YouTube,  and  other  social  media  platforms  for
          p u b l i c i t y,   a s   h a s   b e e n   t a u g h t   i n   t h e
          Entrepreneurship  Development  Programmes.

          Currently,  she  is  earning  a  prot  of  around
          Rs.12,000 to 15,000 per month and the estimated
          annual turnover of her venture is approximately
          Rs. 2,50,000. Somvati is thankful to EDII's SVEP
          for  providing  all  necessary  assistance  to  her  in
          her entrepreneurial journey.


          Somvati thanks SVEP for giving her a business perspective and ensuring that she came around with her
          plan. She particularly mentions how as an entrepreneur, today she possesses knowledge on promotion,
          nance and daily management. Somvati smiles big and with her most condent look signs off saying, “My
          best is yet to come.”











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