Mag Raj Jain
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Mag Raj Jain is a social worker of Rajasthan
state in India and recipient of the Padma Shri
award for his contribution to the development of the Thar desert region.A teacher by profession in 1990 he started the organization Society to Uplift Rural Economy (SURE)to work for the betterment of the poor in Barmer district
of Rajasthan.Presently the organization reaches out to more than 30,000 people spread across sixty villages of the region
For the population of the region consisting mostly of scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and refugees of the Indo-Pak wars the only source of income seems to be the traditional craft of patchwork and mirror embroidery practiced by the women of the area. Over the years contractors and middlemen exploited this trade by garnering maximum of the profits to the local community. To remove middle man involved and to provide maximum benefits to the local craftspersons SURE, the non profit organisation was started.
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
state in India and recipient of the Padma Shri
Padma Shri
Padma Shri is the fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan...
award for his contribution to the development of the Thar desert region.A teacher by profession in 1990 he started the organization Society to Uplift Rural Economy (SURE)to work for the betterment of the poor in Barmer district
Barmer district
Barmer is a district of Rajasthan state, India. Barmer is the district headquarters. Balotra, Guda Malani, Baytoo, Siwana, Jasol and Chohatan are other major towns.-Geography:...
of Rajasthan.Presently the organization reaches out to more than 30,000 people spread across sixty villages of the region
For the population of the region consisting mostly of scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and refugees of the Indo-Pak wars the only source of income seems to be the traditional craft of patchwork and mirror embroidery practiced by the women of the area. Over the years contractors and middlemen exploited this trade by garnering maximum of the profits to the local community. To remove middle man involved and to provide maximum benefits to the local craftspersons SURE, the non profit organisation was started.