Promotion of KVIC Industries

State-wise Khadi Institutions registered with Khadi and Village Industry Commission (KVIC) & Khadi and Village Industry Boards (KVIBs) and Prime  Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) units financed in the country during 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16 are provided in is:

Number of working Khadi Institutions

Sl. No.		2013-14	2014-15	2015-16 (P) up to 30.11.2015
1	Jammu & Kashmir	87	88	89
2	Himachal Pradesh	16	16	16
3	Punjab	27	27	29
4	UT Chandigarh	0	0	0
5	Haryana	97	97	98
6	Delhi	11	11	11
7	Rajasthan	136	136	136
8	Uttarakhand	51	52	59
9	Uttar Pradesh	588	602	634
10	Chhattisgarh	22	22	22
11	Madhya Pradesh	27	27	27
12	Sikkim	1	1	1
13	Arunachal Pradesh	2	2	2
14	Nagaland	2	2	2
15	Manipur	13	13	13
16	Mizoram	1	1	1
17	Tripura	1	1	1
18	Meghalaya	2	2	2
19	Assam	24	24	24
20	Bihar	92	92	95
21	West Bengal	319	319	339
22	Jharkhand	20	20	21
23	Odisha	67	72	85
24	Andaman & Nicobar	1	1	1
24	Gujarat	168	168	172
25	Maharashtra	33	33	34
26	Goa	0	0	0
27	Andhra Pradesh	88	78	83
28	Telangana	0	10	10
29	Karnataka	180	191	191
30	Kerala	39	39	39
31	Lakshadweep	1	1	1
31	Tamil Nadu	74	74	74
32	Pondicherry	1	1	1
	Grand Total	2191	2223	2313
				90 new KI listed in 2015-16 up to 30.11.2015

PMEGP units financed

Sl. No.	State/Div/UT	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16 (up to 20.11.2015)
1	Jammu & Kashmir	1855	1565	1163
2	Himachal Pradesh	1112	1244	183
3	Punjab	979	1153	388
4	Chandigarh	55	36	16
5	Uttarakhand	1236	1333	329
6	Haryana	935	1175	595
7	Delhi	142	198	105
8	Rajasthan	1280	1976	601
9	Uttar Pradesh	4354	4891	2362
10	Bihar	3121	1639	1269
11	Sikkim	66	16	2
12	Arunachal Pradesh	657	652	26
13	Nagaland	421	416	234
14	Manipur	733	747	333
15	Mizoram	777	817	194
16	Tripura	1307	787	348
17	Meghalaya	397	555	222
18	Assam	8255	5015	3480
19	West Bengal	3216	3397	1694
20	Jharkhand	2612	1699	1218
21	Odisha	2146	2013	1628
22	Chhattisgarh	921	847	450
23	Madhya Pradesh	2462	2737	544
24	Gujarat	914	1289	782
25	Maharashtra	2186	3469	1342
26	Andhra Pradesh	1453	937	465
27	Telangana	0	604	389
28	Karnataka	2778	2431	1399
29	Goa	79	78	0
30	Lakshadweep	4	31	0
31	Kerala	1505	1344	726
32	Tamil Nadu	2268	2858	1206
33	Puducherry	43	58	19
34	A & N Islands	224	161	61
	TOTAL	50493	48168	23773

The societies/co-operatives of artisans are exhorted to take up khadi activities.  Such societies are extended support after assessing their capacity to organize khadi production and sales activities.  During 2015-16 (up to 30.11.2015), 90 additional Khadi institutions were supported for implementing Khadi activities.           

           Under PMEGP scheme, for the year 2015-16, it is targeted to set up 52875 units to provide employment opportunities to 4.23 lakh persons by utilizing Margin Money for an amount of Rs.1019.00 crore. Against the same as on 20.11.2015, 23773 units have been set up. 1,74,039 persons have been provided employment and Rs.  538.95 crore margin money has been provided.

KVIC is extending support to KVI institutions and units through implementation of the following Central Sector schemes:

                   i) Market Development Assistance (MDA) to Khadi and Polyvastra producing institutions at the rate of 20% of their actual production against sanctioned production target. Out of the MDA assistance, 25% is earmarked for payment to spinners and weavers as additional incentive/bonus through their Bank or Post Office accounts.

                 ii) Under Interest Subsidy Eligibility Certificate (ISEC) scheme, Khadi and Polyvastra producing institutions can avail finance from the Banks by paying interest @4% per annum. The difference between the actual lending rate of interest of the Banks and 4% paid by the institution is subsidized by Government of India.

               iii) Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries (SFURTI) is implemented to make the traditional industries clusters more productive and competitive facilitating their sustainable development.  

               iv) Khadi Reform and Development Programme (KRDP) aims at realizing fully the significant growth potential of KVI Sector in terms of employment generation enhance earnings of artisans and also ensure positioning of Khadi in consonance with current market needs.

                 v) Support is also extended to weak Khadi Institutions under Strengthening Infrastructure of Weak Khadi Institutions to attain normalcy. The Khadi institutions are provided assistance towards renovation/modernization of their outlets under Assistance for Marketing Infrastructure

               vi) KVIC has set up interfaces with leading technological institutes to conduct research work under S&T programme of KVIC for development of tools, implements and processes involved in production.

Ø  Publicity is being made through print and electronic media about PMEGP scheme for encouraging Rural and Urban unemployed youth to set up micro enterprises providing employment opportunity to local populace.

Ø  Awareness camps at District level and State level are being organized in order to propagate the PMEGP scheme.

Ø  New units were provided facilities for online filing of Entrepreneurship Memorandum application for registration of industrial land application for credit, pollution clearance etc. Project profiles and success stories of PMEGP scheme are placed on PMEGP website.

Ø  KVIC is undertaking Entrepreneurship cum Skill Development Programme (ESDP) throughout thecountry and is preparing them to set up enterprises under PMEGP.

This information was given by the Minister of State, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Shri Giriraj Singh in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha here today.

Courtesy: pib.nic.in