Khadi and Village Industries Commission

(Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises)

 

WHAT

Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) launched a first ever ‘Terracotta Grinder’ at Sewapuri in Varanasi. This machine will grind the wasted and broken pottery items for re-using in pottery-making.

KHADI AND VILLAGE INDUSTRIES COMMISSION

The Khadi and Village Industries Commission is a statutory body formed under the Act of Parliament, ‘Khadi and Village Industries Commission Act of 1956’.

• It is an apex organisation under the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.

 

 

Objectives

• The social objective of providing employment.
• The economic objective of producing saleable articles.
• The wider objective of creating self-reliance amongst the poor and building up of a strong rural community spirit.

 

Functions

• The KVIC is charged with the planning, promotion, organisation and implementation of programs for the development of Khadi and other village industries in the rural areas in coordination with other agencies engaged in rural development wherever necessary.
• To promote the sale and marketing of khadi and/or products of village industries or handicrafts, the KVIC may forge linkages with established marketing agencies wherever feasible and necessary.

 

Source: PIB

 

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