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Article: Brand Tihar.
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- Hindustan Times (New Delhi, India)
- Article date:
- February 2, 2009
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Byline: Naziya Alvi
Feb. 2--NEW DELHI -- Brand Tihar has arrived.The jail's factory that employs only inmates, after reporting a turnover of Rs 5 crore in 2008, has also bagged an international certificate of compliance for its high standards. The biscuits and namkeen produced at the factory have already made a name for themselves in the market. Others like the paper, carpentry and tailoring unit are also doing very well.
The 550 inmates who work at the factory may not have been model citizens in the outside world, but they are definitely making the authorities proud. They are dreaming big too.
"In the coming financial year, we have set a ...