MSME Ministry targeting to employ 5 cr people through Khadi industry in 5 yrs: Giriraj Singh

Mumbai, May 19 (KNN) The Minister of State for MSME, Giriraj Singh has said that his Ministry has a target to employ around five crore people through the Khadi industry over the next five years.

The Minister said this while launching ‘Khadi by Raymond’ in the city on Thursday.

In a tweet, he said, “Raymond launched its khadi products followed by a Khadi Fasion Show . This effort by Raymond will surely give khadi a fresh new boost.”

Talking to a news agency, Singh said Ministry has made a plan to introduce solar-run spinning wheels in KVIC (Khadi and Village Industries Commission) so that it can provide employment to over five crore people throughout the nation in the next five years.

He highlighted that the Khadi industry sales have gone up from Rs 35,000 crore in 2014 to about Rs 52,000 crore presently due to concerted efforts of the government.

He said Coir as well as Khadi, both is on top pf the Ministry’s agenda.

“Various schemes, including interest subsidies, financial assistance under the market promotion and development scheme, cluster-based development opportunities, as well as design-oriented public private partnerships, are being promoted by the ministry,” he said.

On KVIC partnering with private players, including Arvind, Raymond and others, for joint promotion of the fabric, he said the aim is to popularise and boost the use of Khadi, especially among the youth and corporates.

The other measures to boost Khadi is roping in famous designers and improving quality through ‘zero defect, zero effect’ scheme etc.