Awards
Ilkal weavers collective recognised at the state handloom awards
The 240-member women-led collective received a state award for reviving the traditional Ilkal kasuti border. Weavers are now paid a fixed rate per sari rather than a…
Karnataka · Tier 3 city
Business and education in Ballari
Local stories, entrepreneurs, institutions and organisations from across Ballari.
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Industry Partnership
A Ballari firm funds a library for a Sandur government school
A local firm has funded a library room and about 2,300 books for the school, with teachers choosing the titles. The room stays open an hour after classes end and is …
Milestone
Ballari jeans cluster crosses a lakh pieces a month
The cluster’s 190 member units together crossed one lakh pieces in a month for the first time, supplying wholesale markets across South India. A shared washing and f…
Partnership
A district bank agrees to finance solar pumps for smallholders
A district cooperative bank will finance solar pumps for holdings under five acres, with repayment spread across two harvest cycles. The company services the pumps f…
Volunteering
Retired weavers begin teaching kasuti to a new group of trainees
Eleven retired weavers have started teaching the kasuti embroidery border to twenty-two trainees, most of them women under thirty. Sessions run three afternoons a we…
Environment
Ballari villages revive four tanks before the monsoon
Four village tanks have been desilted and their feeder channels cleared through joint work by gram panchayats and residents. About 40,000 tonnes of silt were removed…
Jobs
Jeans units open a shared day-care so mothers can return to the line
Fourteen units have jointly funded a day-care next to the cluster’s finishing unit, taking about ninety children. The association says sixty-one women have returned …
Student Achievement
Sandur school pupils win a state science model contest
Three pupils from a government higher primary school won the state science model contest with a low-cost water filter built from locally available sand and charcoal.…
Exports
Weavers collective ships its first order to a Singapore retailer
A first export consignment of 260 saris has gone to a retailer in Singapore, after a buyer found the collective through its own online listing. The order was priced …
Environment
Solar pumps replace diesel on three hundred Ballari farms
The company has commissioned its three hundredth solar irrigation pump across Ballari and Koppal, most on holdings under four acres. Farmers report saving between ei…
Organisations in Ballari
Ballari Jeans Cluster
Business · Ballari
An association of about 190 small garment units producing denim for wholesale markets across South India.
Ilkal Weavers Collective
Business · Ballari
A women-led collective of 240 handloom weavers selling Ilkal saris directly to retailers and online buyers.
Sandur Rural Higher Primary School
Institution · Ballari
A government higher primary school of about 240 children, with a science club run by teachers after hours.
Sandur Solar Pumps
Business · Ballari
Supplies and services solar irrigation pumps for smallholdings across Ballari and Koppal districts.