'Govt running number of schemes for khadi sector'

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SME Times News Bureau | 05 Dec, 2012
The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) is implementing a number of schemes for strengthening of the sector in the country, informed Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), K. H. Muniyappa in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday.

In his reply, he said that these schemes include Market Development Assistance (MDA), Interest Subsidy Eligibility Certificate (ISEC), Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries (SFURTI), Khadi Reform and Development Programme (KRDP), Product Development, Design Intervention and Packaging (PRODIP), Workshed Scheme for Khadi Artisans and Strengthening Infrastructure of Existing Weak Khadi Institutions and Assistance for Marketing Infrastructure.

The minister said that the KVIC is also implementing a credit-linked subsidy scheme named Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) from 2008-09 for generating self-employment through establishment of micro-enterprises in the non-farm sector.

General category beneficiaries can avail of margin money subsidy of 25 percent of the project cost in rural areas and 15 percent 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 NER, hill and border areas, etc., the margin money subsidy is 35 percent in rural areas and 25 percent in urban areas.

The maximum cost of project is Rs 25 lakh in the manufacturing sector and Rs. 10 lakh in the service sector, he added.