Assistance to Khadi Units

Assistance to Khadi Units

An MoU has been signed between Quality Council of India (QCI) and the Khadi Village and Industries Commission (KVIC). The Scope of the MoU is as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

State-wise details of the financial and technical assistance has not been fixed as the said MoU has been signed recently i.e 03.01.2024.

 

State-wise comparative details of Khadi production, sale and employment since 2014 to 2022-23 is given at Annexure.

 

The export of total Khadi and Village Industries (KVI) products and Khadi products during the last two years are as under:

(Rs. in lakh)

Year

Total Export of KVI products

Export of Khadi products

2021-22

25701.74

162.14

2022-23

26837.62

24.52

 

The following steps have been taken to promote Khadi globally are as under:

(i)   Centre of Excellence for Khadi has been set up on the Hub and Spoke model with National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) New Delhi as Hub along with NIFT Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Kolkata and Shillong-for establishing benchmarked design processes for global standards, creating new fabrics and products and disseminating quality standards for fabrics.

(ii) KVIC has been granted the status of Deemed Export Promotion Council (EPC) status by Ministry of Commerce & Industry in December, 2006.

(iii) Government has issued HS code bracket to Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) to categorize 11 KVI products in export.

(iv) KVIC under International Cooperation (IC) Scheme of Ministry of MSME facilitates its KVI units for participation in international exhibitions/trade fairs, etc. for showcasing quality of KVI products.

(v) KVIC participates every year in India International Trade Fair (IITF) organized by India Trade Promotion Organization (ITPO) at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. The peripheral Brands of KVIC and MSME products are displayed every year in the pavilion.

(vi) KVIC also regularly conducts export related workshops and participates in Fashion Shows for the benefit of KVI institutions/units.

Annexure

State-wise comparative details of Khadi production, sale and employment since 2014 to 2022-23

S. NO.

States/ UTs

Khadi Production

Khadi Sales

Khadi Employment

2014-15

2022-23

2014-15

2022-23

2014-15 (in lakh)

2022-23(#)

 (in no.s)

1

Jammu & Kashmir*

2646.50

5787.70

2293.47

6764.11

0.24

21950

2

Himachal Pradesh

530.71

742.29

1127.27

1066.80

0.08

3323

3

Punjab

1368.87

685.37

1140.99

1783.90

0.44

5176

4

U.T. Chandigarh

1.69

10.76

238.11

545.19

0.00

54

5

Haryana

8514.59

22488.77

9895.22

34218.43

0.50

54655

6

Delhi

312.65

149.21

3049.95

5905.53

0.04

1101

7

Rajasthan

5118.24

13133.09

6928.80

20111.98

0.84

26754

8

Uttarakhand

2016.07

3846.86

3857.21

6989.61

0.41

17856

9

Uttar Pradesh

22200.76

55500.18

34459.00

136571.34

4.10

128675

10

Chhattisgarh

1873.68

4861.40

1397.95

5447.85

0.08

4883

11

Madhya Pradesh

1092.95

1547.04

1567.95

1872.88

0.07

3143

12

Sikkim

0.00

30.00

12.01

55.71

0.00

28

13

Aru. Pradesh

18.81

20.40

33.59

65.09

0.00

31

14

Nagaland

84.00

51.51

113.46

83.01

0.00

295

15

Manipur

78.74

102.07

90.92

101.02

0.00

156

16

Mizoram

2.65

3.01

8.64

6.14

0.00

12

17

Tripura

2.40

2.51

69.67

45.19

0.00

25

18

Meghalaya

10.14

24.62

10.85

26.76

0.00

50

19

Assam

1159.77

1499.98

1563.00

1710.88

0.19

5045

20

Bihar

1561.19

3785.24

2307.88

8970.75

1.10

66172

21

West Bengal

11674.49

37578.30

5840.66

75672.73

1.04

32588

22

Jharkhand

957.80

2105.81

3418.82

4474.94

0.04

1842

23

Orissa

728.87

1574.40

552.28

1948.59

0.04

5203

24

A & N Island

0.00

0.00

0.00

22.04

0.00

0

25

Gujarat**

4201.85

14124.86

5968.20

26964.00

0.39

12699

26

 Maharashtra***

564.42

782.56

1716.82

2029.42

0.03

2863

27

Goa

0.00

0.00

27.73

82.18

0.00

0

28

Andhra Pradesh

2512.15

5249.47

1235.49

6911.55

0.25

8544

28

Telangana

569.93

1037.01

501.44

1086.06

0.08

2182

29

Karnataka

4967.51

39790.30

4525.04

95188.31

0.40

23922

30

Kerala****

3789.02

7389.48

9694.46

18390.48

0.18

14295

31

Tamil Nadu

9433.41

26356.00

13311.21

45863.04

0.52

18192

32

Puducherry

4.51

71.11

80.12

116.80

0.00

465

 

Total

87998.37

250331.31

117038.21

511092.31

11.06

462179

(#) After Digitalization, most of the ghost artisans got excluded.

    

    *Including Ladakh,** Daman & Diu, *** Dadar & Nagar Haveli, **** Lakshadweep

This information was given by the Minister of State for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises, Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma in a written reply to the Lok Sabha today.

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