Once a week, collector’s courtyard in Sikkim’s Namchi Turns into a Melting Pot of Artisans, Farmers Selling Wares

Members of Self-Help Groups and Farmer-Producer Bodies Catering to Customers at the Collectorate in Namchi.

Members of Self-Help Groups and Farmer-Producer Bodies Catering to Customers at the Collectorate in Namchi.

It is not business as usual at the Namchi District Collectorate Once a Week. Every Thursday, Groups of Villagers Set Up Stalls on the Collectorate’s Court, Measuring About 138 Square Metres, to sell their wares-Home-Cooked Meals, SnACKS, SnACS, FARM Products, and UTITIRANAINAIAN Handicraft items.

They also utilize a passage in the collector building, the District’s Empicantre of Administration, 78 km Southwest of Gangtok, The Capital of Sikkim.

For Nirpara Rai and other members of the Nirpara Self-Help Group (SHG), Traveling 2 km from their village dabuwa to be trade-redy at the collector by 10 am also am always precom.

The same is true for laxmi tamang and fellow members of the samjhauta shg from a village 6 km away.

Yet, they did not expect Thursday to be their best-with-with-the week when anupa tamling, the district magistrate, experienced with projects almost a year ago Engaged in Small-Scale Industries Struggle with Visibility, Value, and Volume.

Prayas, meaning effort, was born from a simple idea: what if places of governance that generally record high footfall on work days can also serve as platforms for employerment?

“The Common People often Hesitate or Are Not Comfortable Enough to come to administ office offices or government spaces, which are meant for them. The collection to try and sell what they produce, ”MS. Tamling ToldThe Hindu,

The offer came with riders. Only SHGS, Farmer-Producer Organizations (FOPOS), and Rural Cooperatives Were Allowed to set up 15 stalls at the collector, provided they mainlines, Shun Single-ease Plaling, and Avoid Selling Pre-manufactured goods.

The experience clicked.

The SHGS, FOPOS, and Cooperatives Found a captive market in dozens of employees at the collectorate and scores of people who came for official work.

The Employees, on the other hand, looked forward to something as a “no-tifin day” and an opportunity to buy farm-forsh vegetables at the office. “Chiursday, Indeed, means a Break from Preparaing Food for Lunch at the office before leaving home,” Meethela Rai, An Asspirational Block Fellow at the Collectorate, said.

‘Beneficial Initiative’

“The Initiative has been beneficial for us. About their problems first-hand and monitor his growth, “The District Magistrate Said.

The Assessment of Project Prayas Over the First Six Months Reveled That The Shgs, FOPOS, and Cooperatives Averaged ₹ 3,800-4,500 More in Sales on CHUSDAY THUSDAY THUSDAY THUSDAY THERSDAY THERSDAY DAYS, Translating In Average incomberation 250.53%.

“Unlike other public spaces, customers are guaranteed at the collector and other government offices where this facility has been provided,” Tamang said. Her SHG Makes ₹ 4,000 on COMPARED to ₹ 1,000 on Other Days.

MS. Tamling said the simple and scalable model of prayas was envisaged as a three-stage collaboration amon the government departments. “We are at Level 1, providing the Villagers with the Marketing Space and Opportunities to Earn. Level 2 entails addressing the issue of marketing on a larger scale and packer. Investing the earnings so far, “She said.

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