Zeba Rani, a resident of Shamsabad in Agra district, grew up around the routines of footwear work. Her father has spent about 25 years in the shoe line, moving between factory production and trading, and those daily processes formed the backdrop of her childhood. She watched cutting, fitting, finishing and packing not as a business plan but as regular work, learning informally how footwear moved from raw leather to a finished product.That familiarity became more structured when she later joined an ODOP centre, where she received training focused on leather and shoe manufacturing. There, she learned about different types of leather, the sequence of manufacturing steps, the machines required at each stage, and how those machines were operated and maintained. The training gave direction to what had earlier been scattered observations, and it helped her understand what would be required to run a unit independently.Turning experience into a unitAfter the training, Rani began considering starting something of her own. The decision was not abrupt. Her father’s existing business provided practical support and guidance, and she already had clarity on machinery, sourcing and basic production planning. Financial support, however, was necessary to move beyond small trading activity into manufacturing.She applied for assistance under the Mukhyamantri… Read MoreYourStory RSS Feed
