New Delhi, Sept 19 (KNN) MSME Minister Narayan Rane on Saturday inaugurated 72 units aided under the Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme.

Rane in the presence of Khadi and Village Industries Commission chairman Manoj Kumar also disbursed Margin Money Subsidy to 720 PMEGP beneficiaries at the KVIC office in Mumbai.

Speaking at the occasion, the minister said “in order to build Aatmanirbhar Bharat, make in India is the motto of our Organisation”. He lauded the efforts being taken by KVIC to achieve the country’s vision of creating more job opportunities and increasing the production.

The Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) is a flagship scheme of the Ministry of MSME, which was launched during the year 2008 - 09 (September 2008) by merging the erstwhile Rural Employment Generation Programme (REGP) implemented by KVIC and Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Yojana (PMRY) implemented by District Industries Centers.

Kumar described this quantum jump in employment creation to the Prime Minister’s push for local manufacturing to achieve self-reliance. “This big thrust to local manufacturing and self-employment by involving a large number of youths, women and migrants prompted to take up self-employment activities under PMEGP could only be made possible by constant push to KVIC Schemes and Programmes by Prime Minister on various platforms.

Further, a slew of policy decisions taken by the Ministry of MSME and KVIC to expedite the execution of projects under PMEGP helped KVIC achieve its best ever performance,” he said.

KVIC, in recent years, has taken a number of initiatives for effective implementation of PMEGP. In 2016, KVIC introduced an online portal for PMEGP.

Celebrating the Birthday of Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi, KVIC conducted a cleanliness drive at Juhu beach today in Mumbai, under the Swachh Bharat Mission, a cleanliness campaign.  (KNN Bureau)