{"id":17336,"date":"2023-09-19T17:35:40","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T12:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/current_affairs\/?p=17336"},"modified":"2023-09-19T17:35:51","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T12:05:51","slug":"kvic-signs-mous-to-promote-khadi-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/19-09-2023\/kvic-signs-mous-to-promote-khadi-products","title":{"rendered":"KVIC Signs MoUs to Promote Khadi Products"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Facts In News<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS2\/ Statutory, regulatory and various quasi-judicial bodies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">In News<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <strong>Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC)<\/strong>, operating under the <strong>Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME)<\/strong>, signed MoUs and laid the foundation stone for the <strong>&#8216;Modern Khadi of New India&#8217;<\/strong> in Amritkal of Independent India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">About<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The objective of these MoUs is to prepare a roadmap to modernize the Khadi and Village Industries Commission and popularize its products among the youth as per the vision of &#8216;Local for Vocal&#8217; and &#8216;Atmanirbhar Bharat&#8217;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">MoUs Signed<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The anchors of DD News and DD International channels will be seen in Khadi apparels.&nbsp; This agreement with Prasar Bharati will prove to be a milestone in making Khadi popular among the youth.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NBCC (India) Limited will build new modern infrastructure for Khadi and Village Industries Commission across the country and to focus on keeping KVIC up-to-date with the latest technology.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Significance of Khadi<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>During India&#8217;s freedom struggle, Khadi, which was made the key weapon of the Swadeshi movement by the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Khadi has been magnificently used for poverty alleviation, artisan empowerment, food security, women empowerment and has created the most powerful, capable and successful tool and weapon to eradicate unemployment.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Khadi &amp; Village Industries Commission (KVIC)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>About:&nbsp;<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is a statutory body established under the Khadi and Village Industries Commission Act, 1956. It functions under the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Objectives:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Social objective of providing employment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Economic objective of producing saleable articles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The wider objective of creating self-reliance amongst the poor and building up a strong rural community spirit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Initiatives of Khadi &amp; Village Industries Commission (KVIC)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Prime Minister\u2019s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Market Promotion Development Assistance (MPDA)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Interest Subsidy Eligibility Certificate (ISEC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Workshed Scheme for Khadi Artisans<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Strengthening the infrastructure of existing weak Khadi institutions and assistance for marketing infrastructure<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Khadi Reform and Development Programme (KRDP)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries (SFURTI)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Honey Mission<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Source:<a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1958582#:~:text=inked%20three%20separate%20MoUs%2C%20and,Limited%2C%20and%20Digital%20India%20Corporation.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> PIB<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facts In News Syllabus: GS2\/ Statutory, regulatory and various quasi-judicial bodies In News About MoUs Signed Significance of Khadi Khadi &amp; Village Industries Commission (KVIC) Initiatives of Khadi &amp; Village Industries Commission (KVIC) Source: PIB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17336"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17338,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17336\/revisions\/17338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}