J&KKVIB facilitated setting up of 140 units in past 18 months in Samba district

Samba, July 6 (KNN) In last one and a half years, Jammu and Kashmir Khadi & Village Industries Board (J&KKVIB) has facilitated establishment of 140 units in Samba district of Jammu under the Prime Minister Employment Generation programme (PMEGP).

During last financial year KVIB established 93 units against the target of 50 units involving a Margin Money of Rs 1.93 crore and providing employment to 457 persons, while in current year it has established 47 units involving margin money of Rs 1.36 crore, said Dy CEO, KVIB Jammu, Pawan Kumar Gupta during an awareness camp under National Scheduled Caste Scheduled Tribe(NSSH) Hub Scheme recently.

Gupta told the gathering about the public procurement policy under which 20 per cent of the total procurement of goods and services by central ministries, Departments and Public sector undertakings shall be made from MSMEs and 4 per cent of such procurement shall be made from MSMEs owned by SC/ST entrepreneurs

He appealed to the SC/ST unemployed youth to establish their own income generating units by availing the facilities being provided under PMEGP scheme.

Later Dy. CEO also visited departmental Beekeeping Centre Hira Chack.

Dy. Registrar KVIB Jammu Division, Rohit Kashyap, District Officer KVIB Samba, Paramjeet Singh, District Manager SC ST Corporation, Manager J&K Bank, Manager Grameen Bank, besides a large number of people from SC/ ST Community attended the camp.