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A group of tailors work in a small garage using electric sewing machines to stitch office uniforms and bags at the campus of the Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement, a nongovernmental organization that works to help poor and Indigenous communities, in Kenchanahalli, India, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

A group of tailors work in a small garage using electric sewing machines to stitch office uniforms and bags at the campus of the Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement, a nongovernmental organization that works to help poor and Indigenous communities, in Kenchanahalli, India, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Pictures of Indian scholar Swami Vivekananda, left, and Hindu goddesses are displayed next to an electric meter inside a small garage where a group of tailors use electric sewing machines to stitch clothes, at the campus of the Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement, a nongovernmental organization that works to help poor and Indigenous communities, in Kenchanahalli, India, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Pictures of Indian scholar Swami Vivekananda, left, and Hindu goddesses are displayed next to an electric meter inside a small garage where a group of tailors use electric sewing machines to stitch clothes, at the campus of the Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement, a nongovernmental organization that works to help poor and Indigenous communities, in Kenchanahalli, India, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Sandip Varute, a battery production engineer at Nunam, assembles a refurbished battery pack, made from used electric vehicle batteries, at their facility in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Sandip Varute, a battery production engineer at Nunam, assembles a refurbished battery pack, made from used electric vehicle batteries, at their facility in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Employees of Nunam pack refurbished battery packs, made from used electric vehicle batteries, before shipping to their clients, at their facility in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Employees of Nunam pack refurbished battery packs, made from used electric vehicle batteries, before shipping to their clients, at their facility in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

H. Gauri, 32, uses an electric sewing machine to stitch a cloth pouch in a small garage, at the campus of the Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement, a nongovernmental organization that works to help poor and Indigenous communities, in Kenchanahalli, India, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

H. Gauri, 32, uses an electric sewing machine to stitch a cloth pouch in a small garage, at the campus of the Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement, a nongovernmental organization that works to help poor and Indigenous communities, in Kenchanahalli, India, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

A bust of Indian scholar Swami Vivekananda is displayed inside the common area as a staffer uses a broom to clean the pathway, at the campus of the Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement, a nongovernmental organization that works to help poor and Indigenous communities, in Kenchanahalli, India, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

A bust of Indian scholar Swami Vivekananda is displayed inside the common area as a staffer uses a broom to clean the pathway, at the campus of the Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement, a nongovernmental organization that works to help poor and Indigenous communities, in Kenchanahalli, India, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Tailors work in a small garage using electric sewing machines to stitch office uniforms and bags, at the campus of the Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement, a nongovernmental organization that works to help poor and Indigenous communities, in Kenchanahalli, India, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Tailors work in a small garage using electric sewing machines to stitch office uniforms and bags, at the campus of the Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement, a nongovernmental organization that works to help poor and Indigenous communities, in Kenchanahalli, India, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

A student enrolled for a professional training course walks past a display of clothes stitched by tailors who use electric sewing machines to make clothes, at the campus of the Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement, a nongovernmental organization that works to help poor and Indigenous communities, in Kenchanahalli, India, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

A student enrolled for a professional training course walks past a display of clothes stitched by tailors who use electric sewing machines to make clothes, at the campus of the Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement, a nongovernmental organization that works to help poor and Indigenous communities, in Kenchanahalli, India, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

H. Gauri, 32, a tailor, pushes her old manual sewing machine which she uses occasionally, to place in a corner of her home, in Kenchanahalli, India, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

H. Gauri, 32, a tailor, pushes her old manual sewing machine which she uses occasionally, to place in a corner of her home, in Kenchanahalli, India, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Anukul Anand, a firmware engineer at Nunam, a refurbishing and energy storage company, works on his laptop at their facility in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Anukul Anand, a firmware engineer at Nunam, a refurbishing and energy storage company, works on his laptop at their facility in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Shobha R, who works as a teacher at Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement, an NGO that works to help poor and Indigenous communities, walks past a solar light run by a refurbished lithium-ion batteries in Kenchanahalli, India, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Shobha R, who works as a teacher at Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement, an NGO that works to help poor and Indigenous communities, walks past a solar light run by a refurbished lithium-ion batteries in Kenchanahalli, India, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Venkatesh Sankaramanchi, a battery design engineer at Nunam, works on new designs for refurbished battery packs, at their facility in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Venkatesh Sankaramanchi, a battery design engineer at Nunam, works on new designs for refurbished battery packs, at their facility in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

A battery production engineer at Nunam assembles a refurbished battery pack, made from used electric vehicle batteries, at their facility in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

A battery production engineer at Nunam assembles a refurbished battery pack, made from used electric vehicle batteries, at their facility in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Students enrolled for professional training courses interact during a break, at the campus of the Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement, a nongovernmental organization that works to help poor and Indigenous communities, in Kenchanahalli, India, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Students enrolled for professional training courses interact during a break, at the campus of the Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement, a nongovernmental organization that works to help poor and Indigenous communities, in Kenchanahalli, India, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

H. Gauri, 32, uses an electric sewing machine to stitch a cloth pouch in a small garage at the campus of the Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement, a nongovernmental organization that works to help poor and Indigenous communities, in Kenchanahalli, India, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

H. Gauri, 32, uses an electric sewing machine to stitch a cloth pouch in a small garage at the campus of the Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement, a nongovernmental organization that works to help poor and Indigenous communities, in Kenchanahalli, India, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

H. Gauri, 32, right, and S. Jayalakahmi laugh as they use electric sewing machines to stitch clothes in a small garage, at the campus of the Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement, an NGO that works to help poor and Indigenous communities, in Kenchanahalli, India, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

H. Gauri, 32, right, and S. Jayalakahmi laugh as they use electric sewing machines to stitch clothes in a small garage, at the campus of the Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement, an NGO that works to help poor and Indigenous communities, in Kenchanahalli, India, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)