India, April 21 -- More than 160 women from underprivileged families in Bathinda district are experiencing a change in their socio-economic status through the Promoting Employment of Households through Entrepreneurship and Livelihood (PEHEL) initiative, launched by the Punjab Rural Livelihood Mission.

Trained by the Rural Self-Employment and Training Institute (RSETI), these empowered women have now started earning between Rs.200-600 per day, stitching uniforms for the government schools in the district.

Started last year, the five self-help groups prepared about 19,000 uniforms and for the current academic session, the PEHEL members expect to undertake orders to prepare 70,000 uniforms.

For 33-year-old Karamjit Kaur from Sivian villag...