Shri Mahila Griha Udyog Lijjat Papad

Shri Mahila Griha Udyog Lijjat Papad
Company typeWorker cooperative
IndustryPapads
Soaps and Detergent
Bakery products
Masala (Spices)
Flour
Founded15 March 1959 (1959-03-15)
FounderJaswantiben Jamnadas Popat,
Parvatiben Ramdas Thodani,
Ujamben Narandas Kundalia,
Banuben. N. Tanna,
Laguben Amritlal Gokani,
Jayaben V. Vithalani,
Diwaliben Lukka
Headquarters,
Area served
In India and 25 other countries
Key people
Swati Paradkar, President
RevenueIncrease US$ 224 Million (As of 2019)[citation needed]
Number of employees
45000 (May 2021)[1]
Websitewww.lijjat.com

Shri Mahila Griha Udyog Lijjat Papad (transl.  "Women Home Industry Tasty Papad"), popularly known as Lijjat, is an Indian women's worker cooperative involved in manufacturing of various fast-moving consumer goods. The organisation's main objective is empowering women by providing them employment opportunities. Started in 1959 by seven gujarati women in Mumbai with a seed capital of only Rs.80 (Rs.6,800 adjusting for inflation ) ($80 in today's money), it had an annual turnover of more than Rs.1600 crore (over $224 million) in 2019.[citation needed] It provides employment to 45,000 (in 2021) women across the country.[2]

Lijjat started out as a cottage industry in an urban area, but spread to the rural areas.[3] It is considered one of the most remarkable entrepreneurial initiatives by women that is identified with female empowerment in India.[4] Due to standardization in the Papad, 4.8 Billion Papads made by 45,000 Lijjat sisters all over India with similar tastes.

  1. ^ "Home > Organisation > About Us". 18 May 2021.
  2. ^ "The amazing Lijjat Papad story: from Rs 80 to Rs 800 crore". Yahoo Finance. 4 September 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
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  4. ^ Seema Sharma and Kanta Sharma. Encyclopaedia of Indian Women. Vol. VII: Women Employment. New Delhi, Anmol, 2005, 11 vols., cxliii, 4476 p., ISBN 81-261-2292-7