4. OVERVIEW OF SMALL SCALE
INDUSTRIES
Industries with investment in plant and
machinery less than 1 crore- SSI
Home creation of products and services
Products & services are unique and distinctive
produced in small quantities.
Most producers work from there home typically
part time.
Play a vital role in country’s economy.
6. MAA SARADA SEVA SAMITY
Date of visit: 1st September 2007
Mrs. Rakhi Dutta
Vocational training provided to the poor
women for the tailoring business.
It is a small NGO for the poor, situated in
Chetla.
7. AIM
The basic aim is to provide education to
the slum children who cannot afford to
go to schools.
It also trains the women and girls from
the slum area in stitching.
8. ORIGINATION
It was started by a small group of seven women
residing in Chetla in the year 1999- ’00.
Got registered in the year 2001.
President: Mrs. Sandhya Ghosh
The samity has thirty six members who have to
pay a monthly subscription fee of Rs. 20.
9. INFRASTRUCTURE
• Lacks proper infrastructure in early stage.
• Now they got a house to carry on their
activities
ACTIVITY
Girls and woman are trained professional
trainer for 2 hours every Saturday.
Materials stitched by the women and girls
as sold during an exhibition
This is also a source of income for the
samity.
10. SOURCES OF FUNDS
• Donations provided by various people.
• Rs. 3000 from Britannia Biscuits Co. on
an annual basis.
• Monthly subscription fee from members
• Selling its own products.
11. STRENGTHS
Provide free education to the slum
children.
Their goodwill among the slum
dwellers in the locality.
Providing vocational training to
women and girls.
12. Trained persons for teaching and
training their students.
Exhibitions conducted by them, have
helped in increasing their popularity
through mouth to mouth
communication and have also helped
them financially.
14. SUGGESTIONS
Encourage the students to continue with
their education.
Increase the monthly subscription fee of the
members to Rs. 50.
Girls should contribute to the Samity after
their training.
Explore other slum areas.
Government Funds
Charge a minimal fee from the students.
17. INTRODUCTION
Set up in the year 1974.
Dr. Sharada Fatehpuria, an experienced
psychologist.
Started off with only two children.
18. MISSION
To promote various activities for prevention.
To provide education, therapeutic intervention
and vocational training for rehabilitation.
To conduct research activities and studies for
ensuring prevention in due course
19. SERVICES
Outpatient Department for Assessment &
Counseling
Schooling for better performance of challenged
children up to secondary level under NIOS.
Teachers' Training Programmes under RCI, MP
Bhoj University & Jadavpur University
affiliation.
quot;Centre for Rehabilitation Medicinequot;
Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS)
23. ORIGINATION
Started by Mr. Gauri Shankar
Chowdhury.
Was a retailer for 25 years.
Started own business from 2002.
24. INFRASTRUCTURE AND AIM
Conducts operations from a hired area
in Burrabazaar.
Due to increase in demand, employ few
persons to make papad.
Aim is to provide tasty papad.
29. COMPARISON
Basis for Maa Sarada Manovikas Angoori
comparison Seva Samity Kendra Papad
Affiliation Registered in Registered It is a small
the year 2001. NGO in Kolkata business and is
a small scale
industry
Target Group Provide training Rehabilitate the Commercial
to women to special children production of
contribute to and provide papad by men
the textile and them with for sale in the
handloom vocational market.
sector training in
various areas.
Funds They receive They receive The owner has
donations and donations from to provide the
contribution the finance all by
from the government himself, from
members and various his savings.
organizations.
30. COMPARISON
Basis for Maa Sarada Manovikas Angoori
comparison Seva Samity Kendra Papad
Area of work Concentrate in Children with Concentrate on
the textile n special needs, the papad
handloom who can industry.
industry contribute in
the textile and
handloom
industry.
Infrastructure Conducts the Spread over Hired a place in
classes in the large area and Burra Bazaar
house of a capacity of itself.
retired teacher certain 100
in Chetla. They people
do not have to
pay any rent.
