Swept away by demonetisation, this women’s collective struggles to find its feet | India News, The Indian Express

Swept away by demonetisation, this women’s collective struggles to find its feet | India News, The Indian Express

Written by Soumya Mathew |Updated: March 31, 2019 5:20:27 pm

Swept away by demonetisation, this women’s collective struggles to find its feet

Susheela Majhi, secretary of Ama Sangathan, a tribal women's movement-turned-organisation, says after the noteban they could sell some brooms only locally while the inter-state sale came to a standstill.

Susheela says after the noteban they could sell some brooms only locally while the inter-state sale came to a standstill. (Source: Soumya Mathew)

Susheela Majhi sits guard outside a warehouse at the small town of Mandibisi in Orissa’s Rayagada district. The warehouse has nearly 16,000 brooms lying there for more than two years now – that’s from when the NDA government suddenly implemented demonetisation and invalidated high-value notes in November 2016.