Date: 2025-07-03Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: India
Union Minister for Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises(MSME), Shri Jitan Ram Manjhi visited Central Office, Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) in Mumbai on Thursday.
**Summary:**
On July 3, 2025, Union Minister for Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), Shri Jitan Ram Manjhi, visited the Central Office of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) in Mumbai. The Minister reviewed KVIC's performance and initiatives over the past three years, emphasizing the importance of strengthening rural ties to support financially disadvantaged populations. Discussions focused on enhancing employment generation through improved local training, particularly in charkha spinning, a key element of the Khadi and Village Industries (KVI) sector. Specific attention was given to flagship schemes like the Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), with suggestions for improved implementation. KVIC Chairman Shri Manoj Kumar highlighted the organization's role in fostering self-employment and its alignment with the Aatmanirbhar Bharat vision. KVIC CEO Ms. Roop Rashi presented the organization's achievements and progress. The meeting included senior officials from the Ministry, Coir Board, and KVIC.
Key Entities Referenced
Shri Narendra Modi: The Prime Minister of India.
Aatmanirbhar Bharat: A vision for self-reliant India.
Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME): The Indian government ministry responsible for formulating policies and programs to promote and develop the micro, small, and medium enterprise sector.
Shri Jitan Ram Manjhi: Union Minister for Ministry of Micro, Small Medium Enterprises (MSME).
Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC): A statutory body in India responsible for the promotion and development of khadi and village industries.
Mumbai, Maharashtra: City in India where the Central Office of KVIC is located and where the meeting took place.
Coir Board: A statutory body under the Ministry of MSME, responsible for the development of the coir industry in India.
PMEGP: Likely refers to the Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme, a credit-linked subsidy program aimed at generating employment opportunities in India.
Ministry of Micro,Small & Medium Enterprises
Union Minister for Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium
Enterprises(MSME), Shri Jitan Ram Manjhi visited
Central Office, Khadi and Village Industries
Commission (KVIC) in Mumbai on Thursday.
He reviewed the performance and initiatives taken by
the Organisation in past 3 years.
Hon’ble Minister spoke on strengthening rural ties at
the ground root level for sustenance of financially
deprived people in rural areas
Posted On: 03 JUL 2025 8:55PM by PIB Delhi
Union Minister for Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises(MSME), Shri Jitan Ram Manjhi in
his maiden visit to KVIC on Thursday reviewed the performance, achievement and the bottlenecks
in line with the future roadmap for strengthening the Commission’s activities.
Hon’ble Minister had pointwise discussion with Senior officials of Ministry and KVIC and Coir Board on
working on strengthening rural ties at the ground root level for sustenance of financially deprived people in
rural areas. Content with the overall performance of KVIC, the Union Minister also emphasized the need to
broaden the effort through focused approach on employment generation through providing better training at
local level on spinning on charkha which is backbone of KVI Sector. He specifically had discussions on
flagship Schemes like PMEGP and gave apt suggestion for better implantation of the Scheme.Shri Manoj Kumar, KVIC Chairman underlining the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi
opined that KVIC has presently created a strong and effective base of self-employment in India.
Khadi and Village Industries is not just a product today, but it is the essence of vision of
Aatmanirbhar Bharat.
The KVIC which empowers the spirit of self-reliance in the country has brought new light of hope in the
lives of crores of artisans, he added.
Ms. Roop Rashi, CEO, KVIC presented the achievements and progress of KVIC to the Hon’ble
Minister and assured to reach the new heights under his able guidance.
The meeting was also attended by senior officers of Ministry, Coir Board and KVIC at the Central office,KVIC Mumbai.
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(Release ID: 2141958)