Thread by @GoyalMalini

After a long time, a story i did is making me feeling gud. I travelled to Ranchi which is trying to attract garment exporters. Right moves hav brought gud change
The story appears tomorrow in @Magazine_ET. @smritiirani @nsitharaman @narendramodi @amitabhk87
Here's my thread:

@Magazine_ET @smritiirani @nsitharaman @narendramodi @amitabhk87 At @ORIENTCRAFTJOBS factory in Khelgaon #Ranchi #Jharkhand Ashar, 18, is speech & hearing impaired. Grew up feeling like a burden on everyone, he conveys in signs. He now has a job. Earns Rs 9000 plus a month. Sheer pleasure seeing him work with such intensity 1/n

@Magazine_ET @smritiirani @nsitharaman @narendramodi @amitabhk87 @ORIENTCRAFTJOBS Every morning, outside the plant young women from near & faroff villages wait all day hoping to land a job. Already 2300 workers, mostly women work here. The moment i start talking to them i stoke their hope. Each has a story to tell - of poverty & their desperation for job 2/n

@Magazine_ET @smritiirani @nsitharaman @narendramodi @amitabhk87 @ORIENTCRAFTJOBS Life is much better in tier2 city. Rajesh Chauhan moved frm NCR 2 #Ranchi 2 steer OrientCraft's modern new plant. His expenses r down by Rs 50000. 3hr daily commute is now 2 min walk. Life's much better-clean air,gud weather, club membership affordable. He wants 2 settle here 3/n

@Magazine_ET @smritiirani @nsitharaman @narendramodi @amitabhk87 @ORIENTCRAFTJOBS Reverse #migration: This is what happens when u create decent jobs in smaller cities. Pushpa Minj migrated from Lohardaga near Ranchi to NCR 2 work. But was miserable leaving family behind. She relocated back. She now earns more spends less. Her smile wuld make your day. 4/n

@Magazine_ET @smritiirani @nsitharaman @narendramodi @amitabhk87 @ORIENTCRAFTJOBS Santoshi Kumari, 21, is the only one with a job in the family of 8. She earns Rs 9k, sends home Rs 5k that gets used for paying tuition fee etc. She says her family at home in Lohardaga is very happy. 5/n

@Magazine_ET @smritiirani @nsitharaman @narendramodi @amitabhk87 @ORIENTCRAFTJOBS Janki Kumari, 20 from Simdega says: “At first I thought I will not be able to work here. These fancy machines looked difficult to operate. Things have changed. I love working here.” Of Rs 9K she earns, she sends home Rs 6k. Her sister too works here. 6/n

@Magazine_ET @smritiirani @nsitharaman @narendramodi @amitabhk87 @ORIENTCRAFTJOBS Pratima Devi, 32 - married at 13, mom of 3 with oldest an 18-yr-old. she & her husband both work at Kishore Exports. "My kids go to pvt school. I want them to study as much as they want & will never marry them so early. I have suffered a lot. I don’t want them to suffer." 7/n

@Magazine_ET @smritiirani @nsitharaman @narendramodi @amitabhk87 @ORIENTCRAFTJOBS Tarannum Ara: “Women here don’t work. Initially people objected. But now, seeing our lives change, many of our girls work in these factories.” The couple now work at OrientCraft factory in Irba village. From Rs 6000, their monthly income is up to Rs 20000. They bought a bike. 8/n

@Magazine_ET @smritiirani @nsitharaman @narendramodi @amitabhk87 @ORIENTCRAFTJOBS Surya Manti Kumari from Gumla used to work in a garment factory down south. Here she stands with a bunch of other girls who all have migrated back to Ranchi from NCR, Tirupur, Bengaluru and Tamil Nadu. They all are happy to have found a similar job closer home

@Magazine_ET @smritiirani @nsitharaman @narendramodi @amitabhk87 @ORIENTCRAFTJOBS With no job in vicinity, Naseem Ansari, used to drive truck to far-off places. "There was no job here. At best i would get Rs 6k." Once he was taken hostage in NorthEast. Now a driver’s job with Rs 15K salary helps him send his kids 2 gud school, he is bldg a new house too. 9/n

@Magazine_ET @smritiirani @nsitharaman @narendramodi @amitabhk87 @ORIENTCRAFTJOBS Abdul Sattar Ansari’s general store in Irba village sells products like buckets & chocolates. Biz is up 50% in last two years. Smiling ear-to-ear, his paan-stained teeth showing, he says he is grateful for the big change garment factory is bringing to his backward village 10/10

@Magazine_ET @smritiirani @nsitharaman @narendramodi @amitabhk87 Here's what garment industry can do to jobs & local economy. The Jharkhand story i put out in @Magazine_ET @EconomicTimes @smritiirani @nsitharaman @nitin_gadkari @NITIAayog @amitabhk87 @narendramodi @PMOIndia

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@Magazine_ET @smritiirani @nsitharaman @narendramodi @amitabhk87 @EconomicTimes @nitin_gadkari @NITIAayog @PMOIndia AND here's the story on what's wrong with way India has nurtured its garment sector. Job & export potential is big if we get it rt. @Magazine_ET @EconomicTimes @smritiirani @nsitharaman @nitin_gadkari @NITIAayog @amitabhk87 @narendramodi @PMOIndia

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