{"id":11487,"date":"2024-05-25T06:43:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-25T06:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selcowp.kavinsoft.in\/?post_type=problem_statements&#038;p=11487"},"modified":"2024-05-25T07:01:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-25T07:01:04","slug":"stone-grinding","status":"publish","type":"problem_statements","link":"https:\/\/selcowp.kavinsoft.in\/?problem_statements=stone-grinding","title":{"rendered":"Stone Grinding"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11487\" class=\"elementor elementor-11487\" data-elementor-post-type=\"problem_statements\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1922b5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e1922b5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb9e282 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bb9e282\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d564d51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d564d51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.22.0 - 24-06-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Stone Grinding<\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05b830d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"05b830d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.22.0 - 24-06-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\tStone Grinders- once a necessity, now a decoration\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14d7638 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"14d7638\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-187ad81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"187ad81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStone grinders, or kutnis, were once a necessity in every household for cooking, but in this modern age, which has seen the advent of the mixer grinder machine, the traders of stone grinders can sell only about 1-2 of them per day in an urban market, and earn only about Rs 200-400 per day.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27fe7dc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"27fe7dc\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a73390b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a73390b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ac6041 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8ac6041\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.22.0 - 24-06-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"690\" src=\"https:\/\/selcowp.kavinsoft.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/stone-e1716620146716.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-11495\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/selcowp.kavinsoft.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/stone-e1716620146716.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/selcowp.kavinsoft.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/stone-e1716620146716-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/selcowp.kavinsoft.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/stone-e1716620146716-1024x471.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/selcowp.kavinsoft.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/stone-e1716620146716-768x353.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef871f8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ef871f8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01affcc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"01affcc\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-377575b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"377575b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#8221; We do what we can but we can&#8217;t compete against the electrical mixers\/grinders. We only sell when there is a grihapravesh or a wedding now. &#8220;\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ab30e7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0ab30e7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f524739 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f524739\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThere is not much demand for stone grinders now- it is mostly treated as an aesthetic showpiece in urban households, though the market for that is controlled by artisans rather than these poorer rural sculptors.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4985ef e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d4985ef\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e191b0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0e191b0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af8a5ee e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"af8a5ee\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2993e91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2993e91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cPeople like us don&#8217;t get to dream of a better future for our children\u2026\u201d\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df637cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"df637cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe kutni sellers earn a meagre Rs 4500 per month, not even a close reward for their 11-12 hour working days and then long transportation hours and costs to sell their products. They cannot afford to educate their children well, which limits their prospects in the future as well.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf970e7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cf970e7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a162831 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a162831\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9cea69b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9cea69b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-659d78b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"659d78b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Problem Statement:<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e257fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0e257fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHow might we support small scale stone masons to make their business profitable, and provide better scopes for their future to supplement their existing skills?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8c1e38 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a8c1e38\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a141bc0 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget 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