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'''Madhulika Ramteke''' is an Indian social entrepreneur from [[Chhattisgarh]]. She founded a [[microfinance]] bank run by women and works with survivors of domestic abuse. She has received the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]] in recognition of her achievements.<br />
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==Career==<br />
Ramteke is from [[Rajnandgaon district]] in the state of [[Chhattisgarh]].<ref name="PN">{{cite news |title=Nari Shakti Award to Madhulika, who started Maa Bamleshwari Bank |url=https://pipanews.com/nari-shakti-award-to-madhulika-who-started-maa-bamleshwari-bank-nari-shakti-award-to-madhulika-who-started-maa-bamleshwari-bank/ |access-date=4 May 2022 |work=Pipa News |date=9 March 2022 |archive-date=4 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220504115834/https://pipanews.com/nari-shakti-award-to-madhulika-who-started-maa-bamleshwari-bank-nari-shakti-award-to-madhulika-who-started-maa-bamleshwari-bank/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She grew up in an illiterate household and after studying at school taught her parents to write. Ramteke became an Indian social entrepreneur when she set up a self-help group for women in her village, which founded the Maa Bamleshwari Bank in 2001, in order to support local projects through [[microfinance]].<ref name="PF">{{cite news |title=A social worker who encouraged women to be financially independent |url=http://www.apnikheti.com/progressivefarmers/women-to-be-financially/ |access-date=4 May 2022 |work=Progressive Farmers |date=24 March 2022 |archive-date=8 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220508082726/http://www.apnikheti.com/progressivefarmers/women-to-be-financially/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Ramteke pooled her savings with other women and began to lend to other women who wanted to pay for things such as healthcare or buy a second-hand bicycle. The bank then began to lease land and by 2012, it had 5,372 branches and was still completely run by women.<ref name="IT" /> It is composed of small self-help groups in which 80,000 women are involved.<ref name="IT">{{cite news |last1=Mishra |first1=Neeraj Mishra |title=Thousands of rural women in Chhattisgarh come together and start a banking revolution |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/states/story/20020715-thousands-of-rural-women-in-chhattisgarh-come-together-and-start-a-banking-revolution-794941-2002-07-15 |access-date=4 May 2022 |work=India Today |date=30 July 2012 |language=en |archive-date=4 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220504120830/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/states/story/20020715-thousands-of-rural-women-in-chhattisgarh-come-together-and-start-a-banking-revolution-794941-2002-07-15 |url-status=live }}</ref> Ramteke works with female survivors of domestic abuse and teaches villagers skills such as how to grow yam and how to manage [[vermicompost]].<ref name="D"/> She believes that use of chemical fertilisers can lead to bad health and that compost created naturally by worms produces better tasting food.<ref name="PF"/> Moreover she believes that these chemical fertilisers make you unwell.<ref name="PF"/> In 2018 she organised better sanitation in 64 villages.<ref name="D">{{cite news |title=Madhulika Ramteke Honored with 'Nari Shakti Puraskar' |url=https://www.drishtiias.com/state-pcs-current-affairs/madhulika-ramteke-honored-with-nari-shakti-puraskar |access-date=4 May 2022 |work=Drishti IAS |date=10 March 2022 |language=en |archive-date=8 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220508082734/https://www.drishtiias.com/state-pcs-current-affairs/madhulika-ramteke-honored-with-nari-shakti-puraskar |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
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Ramteke's self-help group set up three societies in 2016: one began to farm cow milk for sale, a second grew Hara Bahera (an [[ayurvedic]] herb) and the third cultivated Sitafal ([[sugar-apple]]) in order to produce ice cream.<ref name="PN" /> In recognition of her achievements, Ramteke was awarded the 2021 [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]] by President [[Ram Nath Kovind]] on [[International Women's Day]] 2022.<ref name="PN" /><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Smita Tandi]] – another Nari Shakti Puraskar awardee from Chhattisgarh<br />
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