{"id":18212,"date":"2024-09-18T10:34:28","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T05:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/?p=18212"},"modified":"2024-09-18T10:34:28","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T05:04:28","slug":"on-the-birthday-of-prime-minister-narendra-modi-kvic-gifts-to-lakhs-of-khadi-artisans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/2024\/09\/18\/on-the-birthday-of-prime-minister-narendra-modi-kvic-gifts-to-lakhs-of-khadi-artisans\/","title":{"rendered":"On the birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, KVIC gifts to lakhs of Khadi artisans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>On the occasion of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi&#8217;s birthday and completion of 100 days of Modi Government 3.0, Shri Manoj Kumar, Chairman,<\/strong>\u00a0Khadi and Village Industries Commission, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Government of India, gave a big gift to lakhs of Khadi artisans in a programme organized at Asmavati Riverfront in Porbandar, the birthplace of Poojya Bapu ji. An increase of\u00a0<strong>25 percent<\/strong>\u00a0in the wages of spinners and\u00a0<strong>7 percent<\/strong>\u00a0in the wages of weavers has been announced. The increased wages will be effective from\u00a0<strong>2nd October 2024<\/strong>\u00a0on birthday of Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi. On this occasion, a 26 feet long and 13 feet wide stainless steel\u00a0<strong>&#8216;Memorial Charkha&#8217;<\/strong>\u00a0installed on the Asmavati Riverfront was also unveiled. During the programme,\u00a0<strong>Chairman, KVIC distributed Margin Money subsidy of Rs. 101 crore into the accounts of 3911 beneficiaries<\/strong>\u00a0under Prime Minister\u2019s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP)\u00a0<strong>and also inaugurated 1100 new PMEGP units<\/strong>\u00a0through video conferencing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/image00165TG.jpg\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/image002A0CC.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Addressing the programme,\u00a0<strong>Shri Manoj Kumar<\/strong>\u00a0said that the wages of spinners and weavers has been increased for the second time during his tenure. From October 2<sup>nd<\/sup>, 2024, spinners will get wages of\u00a0<strong>Rs 12.50 per\u00a0hank\u00a0instead of Rs. 10<\/strong>. Earlier, on\u00a0<strong>April 1<sup>st<\/sup>, 2023,<\/strong>\u00a0it was\u00a0<strong>increased from Rs 7.50 to Rs 10 per hank<\/strong>. He further stated that the\u00a0<strong>&#8216;Khadi Kranti&#8217;<\/strong>\u00a0under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has brought about a big change in the lives of spinners and weavers. The Khadi turnover has surpassed\u00a0<strong>Rs1.55 lakh crore<\/strong>\u00a0in the last financial year.\u00a0<strong>In line with the Prime Minister&#8217;s vision<\/strong>\u00a0to extend benefits to Khadi family artisans, the Commission has decided to increase their wages. He mentioned that there are approximately\u00a0<strong>3,000 registered Khadi institutions<\/strong>\u00a0across the country, through which\u00a0<strong>4.98 lakh Khadi artisans<\/strong>\u00a0are employed, out of these about 80 percent are women. The increased wages will give them new economic strength. He further said that till now the wages has been increased by around\u00a0<strong>213 percent<\/strong>\u00a0under the\u00a0<strong>Modi government<\/strong>, which is a symbol of the fact that rural India is getting economically empowered through Khadi.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/image003NUOB.jpg\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/image004AH18.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the event, Chairman KVIC unveiled a commemorative charkha made of stainless steel at Asmavati Riverfront on the lines of the monumental charkha installed at Delhi International Airport. Earlier on 12 September, a similar charkha was unveiled at Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport in Varanasi, the parliamentary constituency of Hon\u2019ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. In his presidential address, Chairman KVIC Shri Manoj Kumar said that the objective of KVIC behind installing the memorial Charkha is to connect the new generation with the thoughts of Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi as well as to make people aware about Khadi, the national heritage of India. He further stated that the\u00a0<strong>&#8216;New Khadi of New India&#8217;<\/strong>\u00a0has given a new direction to the\u00a0<strong>&#8216; Aatmnirbhar Bharat and Vikasit Bharat Campaign&#8217;<\/strong>. This charkha, installed at the birthplace of Pujya Bapu, will serve as a reminder to the new generation of the legacy of the Father of the Nation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/image0053C6Q.jpg\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/image006DI8Q.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the programme,\u00a0<strong>Margin Money (subsidy) worth Rs 101 crore<\/strong>\u00a0was also distributed into the accounts of\u00a0<strong>3911 beneficiaries<\/strong>\u00a0across the country under PMEGP. Through this,\u00a0<strong>43,021 new jobs<\/strong>\u00a0have been created. Along with this,\u00a0<strong>1100 new PMEGP<\/strong>\u00a0units established across the country were also inaugurated by the Chairman, Khadi and Village Industries Commission. Addressing the beneficiaries, Chairman KVIC Shri Manoj Kumar said that\u00a0<strong>under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and guidance of the Ministry of MSME<\/strong>, PMEGP has emerged as a new energy and power for the cottage industry of the country. Through this,\u00a0<strong>83.48 lakh people<\/strong>\u00a0have got employment through\u00a0<strong>9.58 lakh new projects in the last 10 years<\/strong>. During this period, KVIC has distributed Margin Money worth about\u00a0<strong>Rs. 24 thousand crore<\/strong>. He further said that\u00a0<strong>10.17 lakh<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>new jobs<\/strong>\u00a0have been created in the last financial year through Khadi and Village Industries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/image007U538.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Representatives of Khadi institutions associated with the KVIC State Office in Gujarat, along with Khadi workers, artisans, and KVIC officers and employees, were present at the programme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the occasion of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi&#8217;s birthday and completion of 100 days of Modi Government 3.0, Shri Manoj Kumar, Chairman,\u00a0Khadi and Village Industries Commission, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Government of India, gave a big gift to lakhs of Khadi artisans in a programme organized at Asmavati Riverfront in Porbandar, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[136],"tags":[14078,13929,14079,14077],"class_list":["post-18212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-national","tag-india-water-management","tag-india-water-week-8th-edition","tag-new-delhi-water-conference","tag-water-conservation-event"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>On the birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, KVIC gifts to lakhs of Khadi artisans - Matribhumi Samachar English<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Read about the inauguration of the 8th India Water Week by the President of India in New Delhi. 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