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| 15 April, 2021, 06:53 PM IST | E-Paper
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    As pandemic exposes vulnerability of urban jobs, rural India thrives on local level entrepreneurship

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    As technology makes strides in the hinterland, the local level entrepreneurs are making sure the rural consumer gets the best out of it.

    There is no denying that we live in a world of multiple bills and recharges every month. From your DTH subscription to mobile phone, the services are only growing. For the people of Kolhapur’s Chikhali village, this meant going to multiple recharge payment shops until a resident Kiran Galatage decided to set up a one-for-all platform. Partnering with social tech enterprise 1Bridge, Galatage, who owns an electronics and spare parts shop, added
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