KVIC adopts four villages for rural employment generation

• Khadi and Village Industry Commission (KVIC) in consultations with the Hill Council has adopted four villages in newly curved Ladakh Union Territory for rural employment generation.
• Likir is one of the adopted Village where KVIC has set up three centers for women self-help groups to train in spinning of wool in new model of Charkha and pottery in electric pottery machines. The village was adopted in 2018.

• Government of India has approved the introduction of a credit linked subsidy programme called Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) by merging the two schemes that were in operation till 31.03.2008, namely Prime Minister's Rojgar Yojana (PMRY) and Rural Employment Generation Programme (REGP) for generation of employment opportunities through establishment of micro enterprises in rural as well as urban areas.

• PMEGP is a central sector scheme administered by the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MoMSME).
• At the national level, the Scheme is being implemented by Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), a statutory organization under the administrative control of the Ministry of MSME as the single nodal agency.
• At the State level, the Scheme will be implemented through State KVIC Directorates, State Khadi and Village Ind ustries Boards (KVIBs) and District Industries Centres (DICs) and banks.
• The Government subsidy under the Scheme will be routed by KVIC through the identified Banks for eventual distribution to the beneficiaries / entrepreneurs in their Bank accounts.
• The Implementing Agencies, namely KVIC, KVIBs and DICs will associate reputed Non Government Organization (NGOs)/reputed autonomous institutions/Self Help Groups (SHGs) / National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) / Udyami Mitras empanelled under Rajiv Gandhi Udyami Mitra Yojana (RGUMY), Panchayati Raj institutions and other relevant bodies in the implementation of the Scheme, especially in the area of identification of beneficiaries, of area specific viable projects, and providing training in entrepreneurship development.

• To generate continuous and sustainable employment opportunities in Rural and Urban areas of the country
• To provide continuous and sustainable employment to a large segment of traditional and prospective artisans, rural and urban unemployed youth in the country through setting up of micro enterprises.
• To facilitate participation of financial institutions for higher credit flow to micro sector.

• Individuals above 18 years of age
• VIII Std. pass required for project above Rs.10.00 lakhs in manufacturing and above Rs. 5.00 lakhs for Service Sector
• Self Help Groups and Charitable Trusts
• Institutions Registered under Societies Registration Act- 1860
• Production based Co-operative Societies

• The Scheme is implemented through KVIC and State/UT Khadi & V.I. Boards in Rural areas and through District Industries Centres in Urban and Rural areas in ratio of 30:30:40 between KVIC / KVIB / DIC respectively.
• No income ceiling for setting up of projects.
• Assistance under the Scheme is available only to new units to be established.
• Existing units or units already availed any Govt. Subsidy either under State/Central Govt. Schemes are not eligible.
• Any industry including Coir Based projects excluding those mentioned in the negative list.
• Per capita investment should not exceed Rs. 1.00 lakhs in plain areas and Rs. 1.50 lakhs in Hilly areas.
• Maximum project cost of Rs. 25.00 lakhs in manufacturing sector and Rs. 10.00 lakhs in Service Sector.

• Rural Area as declared under KVIC Act 2006 - Scheme to be implemented by KVIC, KVIB and DIC (“Rural Area” means the area comprised in any Village and includes the area comprised in any town, the population of which does not exceed twenty thousand or such other figure as the Central Government may specify from time to time as declared under KVIC Act 2006)
• Urban area - Only District Industries Centres (DIC)

About KVIC

• Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) is an autonomous institution under the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Government of India.
• A special Act was enacted in the Parliament in the year 1956, and the Khadi Village Industries Commission came into existence as a statutory body in the year 1957.
• The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) is charged with the planning, promotion, organization and implementation of programme for the development of Khadi and Village Industries in the rural areas in co-ordination with other agencies engaged in rural development.
• The Khadi and Village Industries commission activities for rural industrialization can be classified into two types, namely Khadi and Village Industries.
• The broad objectives of the KVIC are the social objective of providing employment, the economic objective of production of saleable articles, the wider objective of creating self-reliance amongst the people and building of a strong rural community spirit.