MSME ministry to create 4 lakh jobs annually in 800 Indian villages

The government will create a model whereby 4 lakh jobs will be generated annually in 800 villages across the country through clusters, micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) minister Giriraj Singh on Friday said.
“We have decided to create a model to provide employment to those residing in 400 villages each in two phases, through clusters. Once ready, the model will help generate 4 lakh jobs every year in the 800 villages covered,” Singh said on the sidelines of Khadi and Village Industries Commision (KVIC) board meeting in New Delhi.
Besides, a mobile application was launched by the minister for locating 4,000 khadi stores in the country.
“There are more than 8,000 khadi stores in India, the rest of the stores will also be available on the store locator by the end of this month,” VK Saxena, chairman, KVIC said.
The chairman further said that KVIC expects to surpass the sales target of Rs 5,000 crore for 2017-18. KVIC is also setting up export cells to promote overseas sales of khadi products in order to make khadi an international brand.
KVIC products are manufactured by about 7 lakh privately-owned household units which are funded through schemes like Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme.