Starting from Sunday, the Odisha Khadi and Village Industries Board (OK&VIB) introduced a renovated schedule to keep its Khadi Gramodyog Bhandar open on Sundays, second Saturdays and all other Government holidays from 10 am to 9 pm.
Micro, Small, Medium Enterprises Minister Jogendra Behera inaugurated the schedule here at the Board headquarters. Presiding over the meeting Board president Tejeswar Parida asserted that the new schedule would ensure economic empowerment of rural artisan, popularise sales of Khadi Village Industries’ products and provide undisrupted sales at Khadi Gramodyog Bhandar.
On the occasion the Minister also flagged up the journey of two teams of Rural Management students of XIMB institute here who will conduct study on the problems, prospects and possibilities of village industries units of OK&VIB in Cuttack and Khordha districts. The Board has been implementing Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) for the employment generation among youth, women and potential entrepreneurs in rural areas of Odisha.