TUMKUR/DELHI - When Ms Priya Gowala, 28, lost her job making tea for tasters at a factory in Assam state in 2019, the separated mother of two came to reluctantly depend on her ageing mother for support.
After nearly three years without reliable work, she started taking free tailoring classes at a government skills centre in Dibrugarh city in May 2022.
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