KHADI AND VILLAGE INDUSTRY

COMMISSION
• The Khadi and Village Industries
Commission (KVIC) is a:
 Statutory body
 Established by an Act of
Parliament (No. 61 of 1956, as
amended by act no. 12 of 1987
and Act No.10 of 2006.
 In April 1957, it took over the
work of former All India Khadi
and Village Industries Board.
Objectives
• The broad objectives that the
KVIC has set before it are...The
social objective of providing
employment.
• The economic objective of
producing saleable articles.
• The wider objective of creating
self-reliance amongst the poor
and building up of a strong rural
community spirit.
 FUNCTIONS
• Plan and organize training.

• Supply raw materials or arrange raw materials (common service

facilities)

• Promote Sale and Marketing.

• To provide Financial assistance directly or through specified agencies.

• To promote and encourage cooperative efforts.

• To encourage and promote research in the technology used in KVI.

 Organizational set up
• KVIC is functioning under the administrative control of
the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
• The Commission is having its Head Office at Mumbai
and six Zonal Offices located in Delhi, Bhopal,
Bangalore, Kolkata, Mumbai and Guwahati.
• 29 State Offices to facilitate speedy implementation of
KVI programmes.
• At the Head Office, different Directorates have been
established in order to coordinate the functions like
training, marketing, funding, economic research and
Rural Employment Generation Programme (REGP) etc.
 GROUPING OF INDUSTRIES
 While the khadi programme comprises hand spun and hand
woven cotton, woollen, muslin and silk varieties, the village
industry programmes have been classified into seven broad
groups. These are:
Ø Mineral Based Industry;
Ø Forest Based Industry;
Ø Agro Based and Food Processing Industry;
Ø Polymer and Chemical Based Industry;
Ø Rural Engineering and Bio Technology Industry;
Ø Hand Made Paper & Fibre Industry; and
Ø Service Industry.
 BUDGETARY SUPPORT TO KVIC
ONLY ONE RESOURCE…….?
• The Union Government through the Ministry of Micro, Small
and Medium Enterprises, provides funds to KVIC for
undertaking its various activities