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PURPOSE
This flashcard set aims at telling rural women that collective efforts like Mahila
Mandal are more effective than individual efforts made to solve their multifarious
problems. Rural women themselves can improve their socio-economic conditions
through Mahila Mandals. The programmes of these organisations are supported by
the local administration at village and block levels.
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Functional and organisational aspects of a Mahila Mandal have also been discussed.
Direction

Virendra Tripathi

Consultancy

Smt. Sheela Trivedi

Commentary

Virendra Tripathi
Anand Prakash

Art Work

B. Roy Chowdhry

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Literacy House
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Price Rs. 10.00 Per Set

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The Mahila Mandal’s sincere efforts bore sweet fruits. Family income in the
village increased. Prosperity, happiness and comfort became the common features
of the village life. The necessities of health, education, home, food, clothes etc.
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The Mahila Mandal, in cooperation with Cooperative Milk Union, opened a Milk
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the milk. In this way the problem of marketing of the mik was solved.

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Phoolkali knew very well that illiteracy among women hampers to a great extent
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For this reason, a Literacy class was started for illiterate women of the village.

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Many village women including Phoolkali, Ramdei and Rameshwari procured loans
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Consequently many such cows were purchased by a majority of familes.

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The Chairman Phoolkali got many things done, with the help of Gram Sevika,
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— Acreage of green fodder (Barseem, Rijka, etc) fields increased to a great extent.
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A few suggestions were made such as—sewing and knitting classes should be
started, vocational training programmes be organised etc. Lalita suggested that a
beginning should be made with those vocations which we are already familiar with.
Cattle-rearing Is one of such vocations. Let us think how can we make the cattle­
rearing a profitable profession.
In the discussion three main issues emerged :
—In every family of the village milch cows are reared :
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—Women are ignorant of proper methods of breeding, feeding and management
of cattles.

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Gram Sevika, at the end of the meeting, enlightened the committee members on
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The first step which Phoolkali took, in meeting of the executive committee, was
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Then the discussion revolved around how income of the families can be increased.
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Lalita enlightened the rural women on many other things. She told that meetings
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which can be convened when needed. Mahila Mandal will elect an executive commi­
ttee comprising of 7, 9 or II members. These members will elect a President, a
Secretary and a Treasurer from amongst themselves. The President will be
advised by the members for planning various programmes of the Mandal. The
Secretary will see that the programmes are executed properly. The Treasurer will
maintain records of subscription, membership fee, subsidies, loans etc. The income
of Mahila Mandal will be deposited in a Post Office Savings Bank A/c. The Chairman,
with the help of Gramsevika of the area, will check the account.
Then Lalita replied many queries of the women and requested them to bring
more women in the next meeting so that the executive committee may be elected.

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Cooperative Society and Marketing—Mahila Mandal can run a Cooperative
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also check rise in prices and ensure availability of fine quality goods.

Mahila Mandal may also organise cultural and entertainment programmes like
Bhajans, Kirtans, recitation of Ramayana etc.

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women who have small holdings and big families of underemployed and unemployed
persons. The women may also be helped to get loans and be trained for establishing
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planned families, making soak-pits, installing cowdung-gas plants and improved
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keeping, adopting scientific methods of transplanting seedlings, weeding, compost­
making and grain storage etc. Mahila Mandal may make suitable arrangements for
procuring loans, arranging exhibitions and organising training courses for the above
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Lalita collected a few women of the village to make them conscious of these
problems. Said she, “This assembly is the beginning of a big event. I am going to
found an institution which will help us solve our economic and social problems and
raise the standard of our living. This institution will be called Mahila Mandal. All
of you will be members of this Mandal. Any woman, between 18 and 45, can become
its member (young girls between 12 and 18 can form Yuvati Mandal). Each member
will pay membership fee (fixed by the members themselves) and a monthly subs­
cription. The amount, so collected, will be spent on your advice, on various welfare
programmes. The other day, at Phoolkali’s residence, I came to know about many
problems, faced by you. To solve these problems and better the lot of the rural
women, the Mahila Mandal will be involved in various developmental works like—

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know about at Phoolkali’s residence. She concluded that :
—literacy percentage among women of this village is very low. They mis-utilise
their leisure time in mere gossipping.
—families are big. Land holdings are small. Labourers are under-employed.
—milch cattles, though reared in almost every family, are hardly a source of income.

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Inhabitants of village Bhadarsa, now-a-days very often see a young woman Lalita
who frequently meets rural women and talks to them very intimately.
One day, at noon, she went to Phoolkali’s house. A few women and children
had assembled in her house. Lalita asked smilingly, “What are you doing ?”

“Just chatting. What else to do ? We are free in noons.” Lalita joined them and
conversed freely with them.

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