India’s frugal start-ups

India’s frugal start-ups

Business Daily · 2025-04-15

In India’s villages, innovation is being born from necessity.

From a fridge made of clay, to silk fashioned from lotus stems, to smart devices helping blind farmers manage their land, we meet the country’s grassroots innovators.

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Presented and produced by Devina Gupta

(Picture: A lotus flower, on top of some fabric, next to a small handloom machine. Credit: BBC)

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