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  • Tej Pratap Yadav turns entrepreneur, takes to manufacturing incense sticks

    Express News Service
    PATNA: RJD chief and former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad has got an entrepreneur in his family: his son Tej Pratap Yadav has got into the business of manufacturing incense sticks with the brand name ‘L&R’ (Lalu- Rabri).

    Tej Pratap shared information about the incense sticks being marketed in Patna on Wednesday. A manufacturing unit has been set up in the Danapurbased cattle shed of Lalu Prasad where a range of perfumed incense sticks are made with organic material such as flowers dumped outside temples. “Flowers offered in temples are collected and with the help of essential oils are converted into incense.

    The holding straws are not of bamboo but of coconut leaves without scented chemicals,” he said. The brand name of ‘LR’ is explained as an abbreviated form of ‘Longest and Rich.’ But party sources said it stands for ‘Lalu-Rabri’ (Tej Pratap’s parents). The incense sticks are interestingly named Krishna Leela Agarbatti, Barsana Agarbatti and Sewa Kunj Agarbatti.

    Tej Pratap has often drawn eyeballs for his eccentric ways, such as dressing and acting like Lord Krishna. “The owner often comes to the cowshed to monitor the production. The entire facility is under CCTV surveillance and Tej Pratap himself keeps an eye through his mobile phone,” said an employee at the Danapur unit. “We supply the incense sticks to retailers and stockists across the country.” A supporter of Tej Pratap remarked jocularly that the product could eventually challenge products sold in the name of yoga guru Ramdev.

  • Sandra’s women are becoming stronger, connecting themselves with self-employment by making incense sticks and incense sticks

    Various employment and self-employment oriented trainings are being conducted by Maa Danteshwari and Ma Gayatri Self Help Group of National Rural Livelihood Mission “Bihan” in Bastar district to connect women groups with employment and self-employment. In the direction and guidance of the district administration, a number of trainings are being conducted in the district to make women of the group self-employed, livelihood and self-reliant. In this episode, women of self-help group of village Sandra of development block Bakavand are being taught to make hand made incense sticks and incense sticks. It is noteworthy that demand of hand made incense is more in people than machine made incense sticks.
    Thirty needy women of village Sandra have been trained by NRLM to make handmade incense sticks under the guidance of Chief Executive Officer, District Panchayat Mr. Indrajit Chandrawal. During the training, they are also being taught about market demand and supply, storage and shipping, as well as the manufactured materials are being kept for sale by the trainee women in the haat-bazaars and shops of the district. The nuances of trade are being explained to women. Soon, incense sticks and incense sticks made by women self-help will also be made available in the online platform.

    NRLM Nodal Officer Neha Dewangan said that a stall was also set up for sale of incense sticks by women in the shanties and fairs held in the district in the past. During this time, women were also taking suggestions from people so that quality could also be improved as per requirement. Hand-made incense sticks have received a good response, which is bound to increase the enthusiasm of women. Apart from the market, incense sticks are being made from Bastar Dhoop, Gobhan, herbs, mosquito incense sticks and cow dung.