‘140
PMEGP units established at Samba in 18 months’
SAMBA,
JULY 04: In last eighteen months, Jammu and Kashmir Khadi
& Village Industries Board (J&KKVIB) has facilitated establishment of
140 units in border district Samba under its flagship Prime Minister Employment
Generation Scheme (PMEGP).
During
last financial year KVIB established 93 units against the target of 50 units
involving a Margin Money of Rs 1.93 crore and providing employment to 457
persons, while in current year it has established 47 units involving
margin money of Rs 1.36 crore, said Dy CEO, KVIB Jammu, Pawan Kumar Gupta here
at an awareness camp .
He
said it is an all time high employment ever provided in the District under
PMEGP scheme.
He
was addressing participants here at an awareness camp under National Scheduled
Caste Scheduled Tribe(NSSH) Hub Scheme organised by J&K Khadi & Village
Industries Board here today.
The
Dy. CEO, while giving details of NSSH Hub scheme, informed the gathering that
to ensure the growth of the SC ST Micro Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs),
Government of India formulated a policy for MSMEs in 2012. He said according to
this policy the total procurement of goods and services by Central Ministries,
Departments and Public sector undertakings shall be made from MSMEs and 4% of
such procurement shall be made from MSMEs owned by SC ST entrepreneurs.
He
appealed to the SC ST unemployed youth to establish their own income generating
units by availing the facilities being provided under PMEGP
scheme.
Later
Dy. CEO also visited departmental Beekeeping centre Hira Chack.
Dy. Registrar KVIB Jammu Division, Rohit Kashyap,
District Officer KVIB Samba, Paramjeet Singh, District Manager SC ST
Corporation, Manager J&K Bank, Manager Grameen Bank, besides a large number
of people from SC ST community attended the camp.
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