Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), Ministry of MSME, Government of India, Jharkhand State Office in Ranchi is playing an important role in employment generation in the State and it is continuously striving for providing employment to the people of the State. KVIC, Jharkhand during the financial year 2021-22 runs 34 institutions and 108 outlets to sell its products. Worth of Khadi production was Rs 20.66 crore and worth of sale was Rs 34.04 crore. A total of 2796 people got direct employment from all the schemes.
Along with various schemes of the Ministry of MSME, Government of India, Prime Minister Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) is also one of the flagship schemes. It is important that KVIC, Ranchi Office has been successfully achieving the target of PMEGP in the State. In order to do so, the State Office organised an awareness programme PMEGP at District Level on Wednesday. The programme was inaugurated by Chief Guest Member KVIC, East Zone, Manoj Kumar Singh. On this occasion former Member, KVIC was also present to grace the programme.
The State KVIC Office set a target to provide employment to 14, 496 people in the State in the financial year 2022-23 and also targeted to establish 1812 new PMEGP units in the State for which total Rs 57.14 crore sanctioned.
After the programme while addressing a press meet KVIC State Director, MH Mewati said that there are immense opportunities in Jharkhand for growth of small and medium industries. “It is a request to the people of the State that they should get awareness about PMEGP. The State is working with a broad objective on providing employment opportunities among unemployed youths and weaker sections of the society at their door steps,” he added.