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ABFRL
SUSTAINABILITY
REPORT /

R U R A L E N T R E P R E N E U R S H I P

The ideal way to curb migration
is to promote and facilitate rural
entrepreneurship. It creates an
economic upsurge for the

entrepreneur and the local
community. If well engineered
socially, it taps into unharnessed
potential of rural citizens and

benefits the nation as a whole.

MICRO MANUFACTURING
UNITS (MMUS)

INTERVENTION OUTCOME
MMUs are a unique initiative where we take certain
aspects of garmenting into the villages, instead of
bringing village-based employees to our units. Under
this programme, we partner with village residents who
may have some land or a shed that can be used to set
up the unit, based on the lean manufacturing modules.
These micro units are started within 100 km radius from
the existing facilities. We install the machinery and
provide the necessary skill training to the villagers who
are looking for additional means of income. In the
process, three aims get ful lled:
reduction in the cost of
% manufacturing per shirt
Helping farmers achieved by the rst MMU
turn into
INR
lakh/annum was distributed
entrepreneurs
to the local economy in the
. form of wages
Providing employment lakh garments
opportunities to women,
stitched every year
that too near their homes
. at these MMUs
Stimulating + in 4 MMUs
women
economic activity
employed
in rural areas

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