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{{short description|Indian Social worker}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|5 December 1969}}
| birth_place = Sukuldaihan, Dhangaon, [[Rajnandgaon]], [[Chhattisgarh]], India
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| website = http://www.phoolbasanyadav.in/
| awards = [[Padma Shri]] Minimata Alankaran Award [[Zee TV]] Astithva Award [[Jamnalal Bajaj Award]] Kannagi Sthree Shakti Award Sadguru Gnanananda Award [[Godfrey Phillips National Bravery Awards|Godfrey Phillips National Bravery Award]] Mahaveer Foundation Award
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'''Phoolbasan Bai Yadav''' is an Indian social worker and the founder of the non governmental organization, ''Maa Bamleshwari Janhit Kare Samiti'', known for her efforts towards the development of economically and socially backward women of [[Chhattisgarh]], India.<ref name="Chhattisgarh Top News">{{cite web | url=http://www.chhattisgarhtopnews.com/inner.asp?aa=1326 | title=Chhattisgarh Top News | publisher=Chhattisgarh Top News | date=2012 | access-date=4 December 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210004548/http://www.chhattisgarhtopnews.com/inner.asp?aa=1326 | archive-date=10 December 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation">{{cite web | url=http://www.jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/awards/archives/2008/women--and--child-welfare/phoolbasan-yadav | title=Jamnalal Bajaj Award | publisher=Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation | date=2008 | access-date=4 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="TIE Nagpur">{{cite web | url=https://nagpur.tie.org/speaker/35/padmashree-mrs-phoolbasan-bai-yadav | title=TIE Nagpur | publisher=TIE Nagpur | date=2012 | access-date=4 December 2014}}

</ref> She was honored by the [[Government of India]], in 2012, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Shri | publisher=Padma Shri | date=2014 | access-date=11 November 2014}}</ref> She also acts as a mentor to [[Vision India Foundation]].<ref>https://visionindiafoundation.com/aboutus/team/</ref> She appeared in the Karmveer special episode of [[Kaun Banega Crorepati]] (season 12) along with [[Renuka Shahane]].

==Biography==
{{quotebox|align = left|width=21em|''We have faced endless nights when we went to sleep without a morsel in our stomach and realising the pain of hunger and poverty, I vowed to improve not only my situation but all such families living around and I tell you, there are countless such people in our state,'' says Phoolbasan Bai Yadav, about her early days.<ref name="TIE Nagpur" />}}
Phoolbasan Bai Yadav was born in a socially backward family with meagre financial resources on 5 December 1969 at Sukuldaihan, a remote hamlet in the [[Rajnandgaon district]] of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh.<ref name="Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation" /><ref name="Chhattisgarh Top News" /> She got married in childhood when she was 10<ref name="Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation" /> and had education only up to the seventh standard.<ref name="TIE Nagpur" />

Yadav's social career started when she began taking part in the activities of the self-help groups in the district. Soon after, she formed groups of her own<ref name="Chhattisgarh Top News" /> such as ''Pragya Mahila Samooh'', ''Kiraya Bhandar'', ''Bazar Theka'' and established ration shops for the distribution of food among the people [[Below Poverty Line (India)|below poverty line]] (BPL).<ref name="Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation" /> Later, she consolidated the activities under one umbrella by forming the [[non governmental organization]], '''Maa Bamleshwari Janhit Karya Samiti'''.<ref name="Daily Bhaskar">{{cite web | url=http://daily.bhaskar.com/news/WOM-phoolbasan-bai-yadav-the-catalyst-behind-women-empowerment-in-chattisgarh-4197517-NOR.html | title=Daily Bhaskar | publisher=Daily Bhaskar | date=4 March 2013 | access-date=4 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="TIE Nagpur" /> The organization has since grown to cover 12000 women [[Self-help group (finance)|self help groups]] with a reported total strength of over 200,000 members.<ref name="CHAI">{{cite web | url=http://chai-india.org/70th-chai-agbm-concludes-with-renewed-focus-and-commitment/ | title=CHAI | publisher=CHAI | date=2014 | access-date=4 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="TIE Nagpur" /><ref name="Utkal Yadav Mahasabha" /><ref name="TOI">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/raipur/Now-a-yatra-for-women-empowerment/articleshow/17400572.cms | title=TOI | publisher=TOI | date=23 November 2012 | access-date=4 December 2014}}</ref> By collecting {{INR}} 2 per person, the organization has accumulated a corpus of {{INR}} 150 million, equivalent to {{USD}} 3 million.<ref name="TIE Nagpur" /> The participating groups engage in activities such as health programs, education, sanitation and social reforms. They conduct regular polio vaccine clinics, have opened schools and [[anganwadi]]s, organize food programs such as ''Bal Bhoj'', set up livelihood earning programs such as sewing centres for women<ref name="Daily Bhaskar" /> and campaign against child marriages.<ref name="Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation" /> The organization, which has adopted 54 children, has a presence all over Chhattisgarh and
has initiated social campaigns<ref name="TOI" /> such as ''Sharab Bandh'' (Stop Liquor), a campaign through which tyey were reported to have succeeded in closing down 250 liquor shops in the state. The organization has been named the brand ambassadors for female foeticide by the [[Government of Rajasthan]].<ref name="TIE Nagpur" />

Yadav has met with many obstacles in her efforts, even from her husband, who is reported to have beaten her up and refused her entry inside home when Yadav was late from her work.<ref name="TIE Nagpur" /> However, she is known to have persisted and her organization is credited with efforts in finally getting women participation in the village councils ([[Gram Sabha]]s), in a male dominated society. Through political advocacy, the group has also succeeded in stopping child marriages, a report putting the figure at over 250.<ref name="TIE Nagpur" /> She participates in seminars to propound her message and has delivered keynote addresses at a few of them.<ref name="CHAI" />

Phoolbasan Bai Yadav's husband is a cattle grazer by profession<ref name="TIE Nagpur" /> and the couple has four children.<ref name="Utkal Yadav Mahasabha">{{cite web | url=http://utkalyadavmahasabha.com/yadavinnews.php | title=Utkal Yadav Mahasabha | publisher=Utkal Yadav Mahasabha | date=2014 | access-date=4 December 2014}}</ref>

==Awards and recognitions==
Phoolbasan Yadav received the Chhattisgarh Minimata Alankaran award, in 2004, for her efforts towards women empowerment, followed by [[Jamnalal Bajaj Award]]<ref name="Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation" /> and Zee TV Astithva award<ref name="TIE Nagpur" /> from [[Zee Entertainment Enterprises]] in 2008.<ref name="Daily Bhaskar" /> The year 2010 brought her two awards, the Kannagi Sthree Shakti award<ref name="TIE Nagpur" /> from the Government of India and the Sadguru Gnanananda national award.<ref name="Daily Bhaskar" /> The next year, in 2011, she won the [[Godfrey Phillips National Bravery Awards|Godfrey Phillips National Bravery Award]] in the social service category (Amodini Award).<ref name="Moovyshoovy">{{cite web | url=http://www.moovyshoovy.com/watch-online/bengali_movie_Amodini/Video/PHOOLBASAN-BAI-YADAV-AMODiNI-AWARD-flv/crs=youtube/vid_ID=UcDXFqmgCQQ | title=Moovyshoovy | publisher=Moovyshoovy | date=2011 | access-date=4 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="Godfrey Phillips">{{cite web | url=http://www.indiainfoline.com/article/print/news/godfrey-phillips-bravery-awards-honors-ten-brave-hearts-5307693622_1.html | title=Godfrey Phillips | publisher=India Info Online | date=2011 | access-date=4 December 2014}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] awarded her the [[Padma Shri]] in 2012. The [[Government of Chhattisgarh]] has named Yadav as the brand ambassador for the maternity program called ''Janana Suraksha Yojana''.<ref name="TIE Nagpur" /> She has also received the Mahaveer Foundation award for the year 2014.<ref name="BMF">{{cite web | url=http://www.bmfawards.org/17th-mahaveer-award-awardees.html | title=BMF | publisher=BMF | date=2014 | access-date=4 December 2014}}</ref>

==See also==
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* [[Self-help group (finance)|Self help groups]]
* [[Gram Sabha]]
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{{portal|India}}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV4F4sUV7xE | title=Civil Investiture Ceremony - Padma Shri | publisher=YouTube | work=Video | date=4 April 2012 | access-date=1 December 2014}}
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZS_CQuLKHo | title=Padma Shree Phoolbasan Bai Yadav | publisher=YouTube | work=Video | date=31 July 2012 | access-date=4 December 2014}}
* {{cite web | url=http://www.moovyshoovy.com/watch-online/bengali_movie_Amodini/Video/PHOOLBASAN-BAI-YADAV-AMODiNI-AWARD-flv/crs=youtube/vid_ID=UcDXFqmgCQQ | title=Godfrey Phillips National Bravery Award - Investiture Ceremony | publisher=Moovyshoovy | date=2011 | access-date=4 December 2014}}
{{Jamnalal Bajaj Award winners}}

{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Social Work}}

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