Employment Generation by KVIC (Khadi and Village Industries Commission)

Ministry of Micro,Small & Medium Enterprises

Employment Generation by KVIC(Khadi and Village Industries Commission)

• Estimated employment opportunities generated by the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) in the rural and urban areas in the country during the last three years and the current year is:

Year	Estimated employment generated(cumulative) (in lakh persons)
	Khadi	Village Industries	Total
2010-11	10.15	103.65	113.80
2011-12	10.45	108.65	119.10
2012-13	10.71	114.05	124.76
2013-14* (upto 31 January 2014)	10.89	129.40	140.29

* Figures are provisional

• KVIC has been implementing a number of schemes for the holistic development and promotion of khadi and village industries in the country, inter alia, for creation of employment in the non-farm sector.
• Funds released and utilized by KVIC for implementation of various schemes during the last three years and the current year is:

(Rs. crore)

Year	Funds released to KVIC	Funds utilized by KVIC*
2010-11	1450.46	1326.99
2011-12	1258.47	1444.59
2012-13	1466.20	1426.43
2013-14 (upto 31 January 2014)	929.88	504.41

*including balance funds of previous year

• Mahatma Gandhi Institute for Rural Industrialization (MGIRI) is a national- level institute for research, design and extension activities in the rural industries sector including training of stakeholders.  MGIRI has provided training to a total of 602 persons during last 3 years (2010-11 to 2012-13).

• The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) has already been implementing a credit-linked subsidy programme named Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) with KVIC as nodal agency at the national level for generating employment for various categories of persons including war widows, ex-servicemen and their dependent in rural areas in the Country by setting up of micro-enterprises in the non-farm sector. Under PMEGP, general category beneficiaries can avail of margin money subsidy of 25% of the project cost in rural areas and 15% in urban areas.

• For beneficiaries belonging to special categories such as scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, OBCs, minorities, women, ex-servicemen, physically handicapped, beneficiaries belonging to North Eastern Region, hill and border areas, etc.,  the margin money subsidy is 35% in rural areas and 25% in urban area. The maximum cost of project is Rs. 25 lakh in the manufacturing sector and Rs. 10 lakh in the service sector.

• Under PMEGP, 2.30 lakh projects have been assisted till 31.12.2013 creating employment opportunities for an estimated 20.90 lakh persons utilizing margin money subsidy of Rs. 4331.92 crore.