How One Decision Changed the Financial Future of an Entire Village
In March 2022, Ramesh Jadhav — a smallholder cotton farmer in Khandala village, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra — owed ₹1.4 lakh to a private moneylender at 36% annual interest. By January 2026, he was debt-free, had ₹80,000 in savings, and had just taken a ₹2 lakh crop loan at 4% interest from a cooperative he once … Read more