Weaving
A loan helped to expand her son's handloom weaving business by purchase of raw materials like threads, cloth etc.
Malinarani's story
Malinarani is a 49-years-old married woman residing in Nadia district, West Bengal. Her son has a handloom business. He collects raw thread from the market, makes the thread in finished material and fits the threads in tana a part of handloom machine and makes sarees. She has a household of 3 members and a monthly income of INR. 8,500.
She wants to help her son purchase thread and cloth in bulk to make and sell sarees to customers and increase the family income. She has applied for a loan of INR. 27,000 from Gram Bikash, one of Milaap's field partners. She is grateful to all the lenders for this financial assistance.
She and her family will be thankful to their lenders.
This loan is special because:
It provides business loans to women micro-entrepreneurs.