MSME Minister proposes to make Kulhad compulsory at railway stations, airports & bus depots

New Delhi, Aug 27 (KNN) Very soon Kulhad will be made compulsory at railway stations, airports, and malls.

Union transport and MSME minister, Nitin Gadkari has written a letter to the Union Commerce Minister, Piyush Goyal to bring kuhlad in use by making it mandatory at railway stations, airports, and bus depots.

Implementation of kulhad in these places will open the doors for local potters access to a vast market. Also, it would be the environment-friendly step which will bring the usage of paper and plastics being to a certain limit, according to Nitin Gadkari.

The Minister directed the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) to provide equipment for large scale production of kulhads.

“KVIC had distributed 10,000 electric wheels to potters for making kulhads last year and has a target of 25,000 electric wheels this year”, said, KVIC Chairman Vinai Kumar Saxena.

The Indian pottery or ceramic industry is worth Rs 26,000 crore and has SMEs with over 50 percent share of the market, according to an industry report published in 2018.

“By the year 2022, this market is expected to grow by 9 percent CAGR to around Rs 60,000 crore. Seven major clusters are there in the country, Khurja, Madhya Pradesh being recognized as 600-year old pottery cluster making crockery, electrical items, laboratory ware, and sanitary ware products, the report titled Status Quo and Outlook 2022"  Indian Ceramics Industry said.