<span style="color: #222222;">About two crore masks have been produced by around 78 thousand Self Help Group members of 27 State Rural Livelihood Missions. Rural Development Ministry has said that around five thousand Personal Protective Equipment, PPE kits have been manufactured by these groups in various states including Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Karnataka. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The masks have been supplied to the state health departments, Local Self Government, local administration, front line workers, police officials, and are also sold in open markets. They have also been distributed free to the rural households in many states.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Self Help Group members have now started making Personal Protective Equipment like aprons, gowns and face shields. More than 900 groups in nine States have produced One lakh 15 thousand litres of sanitisers. Some members of the group have also been selling liquid soaps to guarantee hand hygiene.</span><br />''  <br />