Varanasi: The chairman of Khadi and Village Industries Fee, Manoj Kumar, on Friday inaugurated the 10-day state degree exhibition organized within the premises of the divisional workplace of KVIC in Varanasi, the parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Khadi establishments, PMEGP/REGP models of different states together with Uttar Pradesh are displaying their Khadi and village trade merchandise within the exhibition.
In the course of the inauguration programme, the chairman distributed margin cash grant amounting to Rs 77.45 crore on the sanctioned mortgage of Rs 227.21 crore to 2,215 beneficiaries of the Central and East Zone underneath the Prime Minister’s Employment Technology programme. Earlier, 180 electrical pottery wheels had been distributed in Khadi Gramodyog Vikas Samiti, Marui, Sindhaura. Together with establishing a unit costing 5 lakhs for 10 trainees educated from the Central Footwear Coaching Institute, Agra underneath the LeatherCraft Scheme, superior footwear repairing toolkits had been additionally distributed to 75 leather-based artisans.
Talking on the event, Kumar mentioned that the KVIC has elevated the wages of cotton weavers by 33 % with impact from April 1, 2023. Earlier the cottons got at Rs 7.50 per lash, which has been elevated to Rs 10. The wages of Katin weavers have elevated by 150 % since 2014.
“The holy land of Varanasiis as we speak the brand new point of interest of self-reliant India. Because of the efforts of the Prime Minister, Khadi has develop into world from native,” he mentioned. He added that the KVIC, by way of varied schemes of the MSME ministry, is shifting ahead within the course of reaching each state, district, city and village of the nation and offering self-employment alternatives to the youth and ladies.
In the course of the inauguration programme, the chairman distributed margin cash grant amounting to Rs 77.45 crore on the sanctioned mortgage of Rs 227.21 crore to 2,215 beneficiaries of the Central and East Zone underneath the Prime Minister’s Employment Technology programme. Earlier, 180 electrical pottery wheels had been distributed in Khadi Gramodyog Vikas Samiti, Marui, Sindhaura. Together with establishing a unit costing 5 lakhs for 10 trainees educated from the Central Footwear Coaching Institute, Agra underneath the LeatherCraft Scheme, superior footwear repairing toolkits had been additionally distributed to 75 leather-based artisans.
Talking on the event, Kumar mentioned that the KVIC has elevated the wages of cotton weavers by 33 % with impact from April 1, 2023. Earlier the cottons got at Rs 7.50 per lash, which has been elevated to Rs 10. The wages of Katin weavers have elevated by 150 % since 2014.
“The holy land of Varanasiis as we speak the brand new point of interest of self-reliant India. Because of the efforts of the Prime Minister, Khadi has develop into world from native,” he mentioned. He added that the KVIC, by way of varied schemes of the MSME ministry, is shifting ahead within the course of reaching each state, district, city and village of the nation and offering self-employment alternatives to the youth and ladies.