An official spokesperson here this evening said that 102nd Board of Directors meeting of JKKVIB was held under the chairmanship of Minister for Industries and Commerce, Chander Prakash Ganga.
“741 cases involving Margin Money outlay of Rs 14.10 crore and envisaging employment opportunities for 5500 persons have been sanctioned with some 314 of them involving Margin Money of Rs 6.15 crore having been disbursed so far,” he said.
He said that during the 2016-17 fiscal financial assistance to the tune of Rs 14 crore was released in favor of some 840 unit holders against a target of 324 units involving financial assistance of Rs 6.5 crore.
“In regard to sensitization and awareness about the KVIB-implemented schemes amongst the people living in far-flung areas, the meeting was informed that the Board has organized some 22 awareness camps in remote areas of various districts, including eight such camps in those of Leh and Kargils districts, so far in the current fiscal,” he said.
Besides, he said under its Backward and Forward Linkage Programme, a National-level Khadi exhibition in the State and a ten-day State-level Khadi exhibition in Leh were both organized for the first time. “The latter, which boasted 52 different stalls, saw realization of sales worth Rs 62 lakh,” he said.
With regard to the status of Cluster projects funded under the Governmrnt of India’s (GoI’s) Scheme of Funds for Regeneration of Traditional Industries (SFURTI) in the State, the Board was informed that three out of five such projects submitted for funding have been approved with first installment of funds released in respect of them all.
“The approved projects include Martand Crewel and Chain Stitch Cluster in Anantnag, Sukhnag Sozni Embroidery Handicraft Cluster in Budgam and Kausar Maunch Bee Keeping Cluster in Srinagar,” he said.
He said that the Project Screening Committee under SFURTI has approved seven additional Cluster projects for onward submission to Ministry of MSME, GoI.
He said that a District Office of the Board is coming up in Shopian. The Board also directed for establishing district offices in Leh and Kargil and instructed for providing new computer systems to all district offices.
In order to ensure that sanctioned cases are disbursed in time, the Board directed for holding of District Level Committee meetings once a month. It also directed the District Offices to be in continuous communication with concerned DCs regarding the status of sponsored cases for financial assistance.
JKKVIB was also instructed to facilitate prospective entrepreneurs in preparing their DPRs.
During the meeting, the Board also adopted a resolution for recruitment against direct quota vacancies in JKKVIB. The resolution read that no appointments shall be made against any post on adhoc, contractual, consolidated or temporary basis.
The Board also approved regularization of five out of nine contractual employees of JKKVIB as per recommendations of the Empowered Committee and said decision about other four such employees will be taken after proper examination of their cases.
Meanwhile, Mr Ganga congratulated the Board for its performance but stressed on greater efforts and sustainable achievements of targets. He particularly stressed on the importance of targeting people living in far-flung areas. UNI
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