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The organization began its work, since 1985 with the beedi rollers from the Indore city. After the beedi rollers, gradually, all the women workers in other occupations, such as forest workers, construction workers, agricultural workers, street vendors, domestic workers, self employed and other home based workers joined the organization.
After a long journey of 30 years, the following impacts on the woman workers and negotiation and policy advocacy are mentioned below:

The identity cards of workers

Workers Registration Renewal No. of Beneficiaries Amount of beneficiaries (Rs.)
Construction Workers 99366 16602 17443 58087480
Beedi Rollers 193140 12598 18681006
Forest Workers 130964 141172 365285 40382082
Domestic Workers 20149 2496 600 480000
Total 443619 160270 395926 117630568