Manti Kerketta, wife of Late Dawood Kerketta, is 35 years old and a resident of Patratoli village in Itki block, Ranchi (Jharkhand). She has three children — Deepak (15), Pritam (12) and Priti (10) —
Ever since her husband, a driver, died a year ago, Manti has been working as an agricultural labourer to sustain her children and their education..
Some time ago, she came in visited a Soochna Seva office to open a bank Account. It was during this discussion that the sevaks advised her to apply for the ‘Widhwa Samman Yojna’ . The next day, the team helped her in acquiring the death certificate of her husband, after which her papers were put forward for consideration under the scheme.
Manti is very happy these days as the government has allotted her some cattle to rear and earn a living. She meets Soochna Sevaks regularly to collect information about any new scheme. She even encourages her neighbours and children to visit the Kendra regularly for information about various schemes and benefits.