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Farm Laborer's Daughter Earns Lakhs Per Month After Starting Home Business on Father's Advice
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News18•12-10-2026, 14:03
Farm Laborer's Daughter Earns Lakhs Per Month After Starting Home Business on Father's Advice
- •Rukmini Chaudhary from Lamboti village in Solapur district transformed her life by starting a home-based chivada business.
- •After being sent back from farm labor for arriving slightly late, her father advised her to start her own business instead of working for others.
- •She single-handedly makes various products including corn chivada, poha chivada, sev chivada, peanut chutney, and traditional laddus.
- •Her products are priced affordably from 15 rupees to 300 rupees per kilo, and she personally markets them along major highways.
- •She now generates a turnover of 1 to 1.50 lakh rupees per month, inspiring other rural women to become independent.
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After being sent back by her farm owner for arriving slightly late to work, Rukmini Chaudhary was heartbroken. Following her father's valuable advice to start a business at home instead of working in someone else's field, she began making chivada.
For the past 10 to 15 years, Rukmini Chaudhary has been independently preparing items such as corn chivada, poha chivada, sev chivada, peanut chutney, gum (dink) laddu, and peanut laddu.
Rukmini Chaudhary markets her chivada directly by selling in Lamboti village, along the Mohol-Pandharpur and Solapur-Pune highways, drawing customers from neighboring villages, which yields a monthly turnover of 1 to 1.50 lakh rupees.
