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23 MAR 2022 4:04PM by PIB Delhi
Anita Kumari of Bihar Sharif honoured in the Fifth Edition of Women Transforming India Awards by the NITI Aayog

Anita Kumari of Bihar Sharif from Madhopur Farmers Producer Company Ltd is among the 75 women honoured as Women Transforming India by the NITI Aayog.

Women have consistently been playing a key role in transforming India into a ‘Sashakt Aur Samarth Bharat’. In recognition of the remarkable achievements of these women across diverse sectors NITI Aayog has instituted Women Transforming India Awards.

This year, as part of the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav to celebrate 75 years of India’s independence, the WTI Awards were conferred on 75 women achievers. Click here to know more about the other awardees.

Anita Kumari, Bihar Sharif

Madhopur Farmers Producer Company Ltd.

 

 

Anita Kumari, an agricultural women entrepreneur by profession, works in cultivation of mushroom, mushroom span production, beekeeping, horticultural and cereal crops. She is also well known as ‘Mushroom Lady’, as her production of mushrooms has won several awards as well. She envisions imparting training and handholding assistance to Farmer

Production Organisations for their development and evolution into effective enterprises.

Madhopur Farmers is assisting Farmer Producer Organizations through entrepreneurial

development for establishing effective enterprises.

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