Mangaluru: Youth resigns from bank, finds success in agriculture
Wed, Dec 23 2020 06:37:28 PM
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)
Mangaluru, Dec 23: A youth from here left a lucrative bank job and urban lifestyle and returned to his village. He has also quadrupled his income in the bargain.
Sadashiva (34) from Kuppepadavu here was back-office project in-charge for HDFC Bank at Bengaluru. Three and a half years back he resigned from the bank job and announced his decision to undertake agriculture. Most of the villagers thought he was insane.
After returning, Sadashiva undertook study about the activities which can be undertaken in the five-acre land he got as a share in the ancestral property. The National Rural Employment Guarantee (NREGA) scheme under which people can get employment cards, work in their fields, and draw a salary from the government, attracted him. He got employment cards for himself and his parents and brother. He has built a spacious poultry farm. He
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