Archive · 1 Oct 2026
DWCRA Loan Helps Repalle Woman Expand Grocery Store
G. Jejamma and her husband started a small grocery shop in Repalle.
They used Rs.
1 lakh to begin the business.
Later, they received a Rs.
2 lakh loan through their women’s Self-Help Group.
The loan helped them make the shop bigger.
Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu visited the store.
He asked about the family’s business and future plans.
He also discussed using WhatsApp Business to manage and grow shops.
Naidu encouraged more women to use loans and government support to become financially independent.
G. Jejamma and her husband, G. Srinivasa Rao, started a grocery shop in Repalle in February 2025.
They invested Rs. 1 lakh initially and received a Rs. 2 lakh DWCRA group linkage loan in June 2025.
Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu visited their Sri Lakshmi Kirana General Store in Ward No. 4.
Naidu discussed the couple’s business activities and asked women about using WhatsApp Business to expand enterprises.
During the Repalle visit, Naidu distributed an old-age pension and encouraged women to pursue self-employment.
- Who
- Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, Self-Help Group member G. Jejamma, and her husband G. Srinivasa Rao.
- What
- Naidu visited a grocery store established with DWCRA loan support and encouraged women to pursue small businesses.
- When
- The store began in February 2025, received the loan in June 2025, and was visited during Naidu’s pension distribution programme.
- Where
- Sri Lakshmi Kirana General Store, Ward No. 4, Repalle, in Bapatla district.
- Why
- To promote effective use of Self-Help Group loans, women’s financial independence, and economic empowerment.
- Business
- Sri Lakshmi Kirana General Store
- Business owners
- G. Jejamma and G. Srinivasa Rao
- Business launched
- February 2025
- Initial investment
- Rs. 1 lakh
- DWCRA loan
- Rs. 2 lakh received in June 2025
- Location
- Ward No. 4, Repalle, Bapatla district
- Programme
- NTR Bharosa pension distribution under the Pedala Panduga initiative