SME Times News Bureau | 05 Mar, 2020
The scheme Mission
Solar Charkha is enterprise driven scheme and envisages setting up of ‘Solar
Charkha Clusters’ which will have 200 to 2042 beneficiaries (Spinners, Weavers,
Stitchers and other skilled artisans), MSME minister Nitin Gadkari said on
Thursday.
Each spinner will
be given two charkhas of 10 spindles each.
As part of the
scheme no subsidy is given, however subsidy to the tune of Rs.9.60 crore is
provided for procurement of charkha and looms to the Implementing or Promoting
Agency for a full-scale Solar Charkha Cluster involving a total investment of
about Rs.38.625 crore.
Based on the
success of a pilot project on Solar Charkha, set up at Khanwa village, Nawada
District, Bihar in 2016 which benefitted about 1180 artisans, Government of
India accorded approval to set up 50 such clusters.
As part of the
scheme based on the Expression of Interest (EOI), a total of 10 proposals have
been approved under Mission Solar Charkha till date which is expected to
benefit about 13784 artisans/workers.
These solar
charkhas are to be operated using solar power which is a renewable energy
source. It will help in development of Green Economy as it is an environment
friendly programme. It will also generate sustainable employment for the
artisans.
This information was
given by Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha