KVIC gears up to PM Modi’s call to become vocal for local
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14th May, 2020
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- The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) issued a slew of guidelines to expedite implementation of projects under the flagship programme PMEGP to hand-hold local production after Prime Minister's "vocal for local"
- Gearing up to become "vocal for local" and further making KVIC "global", KVIC instructed the agencies concerned to scrutinize the applications under Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) and forward it to banks for disbursal of funds within 26 days.
- It will be mandatory for implementing agencies to guide and hand-hold the applicants for formulation of proposals and assist them till sanction of loan.
- According to the revised guidelines, the Monitoring Cell at KVIC, Mumbai will monitor the application process on a daily basis while it will be giving feedback to the implementing agencies every fortnight. The progress report, thereafter, will be placed for perusal of the CEO and Chairman of KVIC.
- The transformation of the khadi and village Industries from local to global was a case study for other local industries and enterprises. "KVIC is the nodal agency for implementation of projects under PMEGP”.
- To boost the local production, the KVIC has decided that at least one unit each pertaining to manufacture of N95 masks, ventilators or its accessories, PPE kits for medical staff, sanitizers, liquid hand wash, thermal scanner and 'agarbatti' and soap will be set up in each district.
- According to the revised guidelines, the implementing agencies, at the time of scrutiny, must ensure that the applicant has secured at least 60 marks out of 100 in the score card.
- Similarly, technical feasibility like availability of raw material, manpower, access to transport and electricity must be examined so as to reduce rejections at the bank level.
- Similarly, the implementing agencies will also examine the market study, assessment of demand of the proposed product, similar projects in the vicinity and the market strategy.
