Published 17:53 IST, January 27th 2019

PM Modi meets Mudra Entrepreneur Arulmozhi Saravanan, whose thermoflasks PMO ordered via GeM

During his visit in Madurai on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met MUDRA(Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency Ltd) entrepreneur Arulmozhi Saravanan, whose thermos flasks PM Office ordered via GeM (Government eMarketplace). 

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During his visit in Murai on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met MUDRA(Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency Ltd) entrepreneur Arulmozhi Saravanan, whose rmoflasks PM Office ordered via GeM (Government eMarketplace). 

Her story has been mentioned by Prime Minister Modi on multiple occasions. In her letters to PM, she dresses PM Narendra Modi as her far.

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Re her story here:

After Government launched  Mudra Yojana for small entrepreneurs to get loans without collateral, she applied for a Mudra Loan for her business - which was to supply simple goods and products to government offices. After receiving loan, she learnt about Government e-Marketplace (GeM ), and registered on it

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In 2017, while browsing GeM website, she noticed that Prime Minister's Office was interested in buying a few rmoflasks. She responded to notification and soon after PMO confirmed order. order was completed with payment after delivery. 

Through a letter to PM, Arulmozhi Saravanan shared story of her development as an entrepreneur. Prime Minister Modi also mentioned her story while dressing Mann Ki Baat in 2017.

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Technological development empowered Arulmozhi Saravanan, a small entrepreneur from Murai, to come across an opportunity from Prime Minister's Office. She went onto grew her business by supplying products to various offices. 

Writing to PM Modi recently, she spoke about furr developments in her business, and transformation in her life. She once used firewood for cooking. Now she uses a gas cylinder.  turnover of her enterprise has crossed one crore rupees in current financial year. 

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Speaking about her business, Arulmozhi says that her experience using GeM makes her believe that it is a great platform for Government offices to save public money. She describes GeM as a service to nation ding that for her doing business has become even easier after GST implementation. 

From Mudra, to GeM to GST - Arulmozhi is just one illustration of how Government's reforms are working on ground, to ease lives of people.

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