Vegetable vendor

Matha sahi , Balasore , Orissa

Annapurna Das, 49 years old, haling from Matha Sahi village in Balasore. She is a vegetable vendor. Her husband has no much more capability to work. They have two children. One is Saroj, who works as a daily labor and another son Uttam is a Driver. Annapurna received the first cycle loan from Rang De and she repaid it properly. She needs an amount of Rs. 10,000 as loan for a period of 12 months to meet working capital needs of her business. She sells fresh vegetable in her locality as door to door sales and need the money to purchase the variety of vegetables in wholesale rate from the market in bulk to sale at a regular hat near her village. Annapurna has the rich experience in buying and selling of daily consumable goods. She is able to earn Rs. 1,000 per month from this business. Now she wants to upscale her business by investing the proposed second cycle loan.