Promotion of Khadi & Village Industry

             The Orissa Khadi & Village Industries Board since its formation in 1956 extended financial assistance of Rs.5173.28 lakh through 1865 cooperative societies / institutions to set up 98,616 KVI units with funding from KVIC as per their approved pattern of assistance. The performance of the units assisted under this scheme are below expectation due to inadequate linkage between production and sales strategies, low return on investment, nonperforming assets built up, low productivity and obsolescence of technology.

            The Board from the financial year 199596 implemented the new scheme namely Consortium Bank Credit of KVIC and directly financed the interested individuals in the rural areas to set up Khadi & Village Industries. Under this scheme OKVI Board has extended financial assistance of Rs.8.05 crores to promote 368 Khadi & Village Industrial units. In order to get funding for KVIC, State Govt. have sanctioned Govt. guarantee to the tune of Rs.10.00 crore. This programme could not be successful due to wrong selection of beneficiaries, lack of proper selection of feasible proposals as well as misutilisation of funds.

            Margin money scheme, namely, Gramodyog Rojagar Yojana (GRY) was introduced by Khadi and Village Industries Commission since 19992000. Under this scheme margin money assistance is provided to organisations/individuals to set up K&VI units by availing loan from bank.

            Orissa Khadi & Village Industries Board is implementing this scheme since 19992000 to promote establishment of various village industries in rural areas to create more employment opportunities. Till end of 200102, 490 units have been promoted with investment of Rs.483.07 lakh and margin money assistance of Rs.132.87 lakh has been released. The districtwise achievement is furnished in Table 4.1.

TABLE  4.1

(Rs. in Lakhs)

(Employment in Nos.)

District

No. of unit

Project Cost

Margin Money

Employment Generated

 

Upto
2000 01

During
01 02

Total

Upto
2000 01

During
01 02

Total

Upto
2000 01

During
01 02

Total

Upto
2000 01

During
01 02

Total

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

Angul

06

64

70

18.76

51.09

69.85

4.84

14.08

18.92

138

262

400

Balasore

04

03

07

22.10

2.98

25.08

6.07

0.75

6.82

62

20

82

Bargarh

 

03

03

 

2.55

2.55

 

0.72

0.72

 

21

21

Bhadrak

02

24

26

1.58

15.24

16.82

0.35

4.20

4.55

08

72

80

Bolangir

 

21

21

 

8.27

8.27

 

2.26

2.26

 

54

54

Boudh

01

02

03

0.20

1.55

1.75

0.05

0.39

0.44

02

08

10

Cuttack

02

70

72

1.44

53.19

54.63

0.36

14.30

14.66

05

230

235

Deogarh

02

03

05

1.48

2.44

3.92

0.39

0.73

1.12

04

10

14

Dhenkanal

11

22

33

33.72

20.81

54.53

9.01

5.73

14.74

65

86

151

Gajapati

 

06

06

 

4.00

4.00

 

1.05

1.05

 

41

41

Ganjam

01

20

21

10.00

18.44

28.44

3.00

4.77

7.77

18

143

161

Jagatsinghpur

01

18

19

0.40

14.46

14.86

0.10

3.80

3.90

02

107

109

Jajpur

 

02

02

 

1.24

1.24

 

0.36

0.36

 

11

11

Jharsuguda

01

10

11

1.00

5.54

6.54

0.30

1.64

1.94

04

26

30

Kalahandi

01

01

02

0.70

0.40

1.10

0.21

0.10

0.31

02

03

05

Kandhamal

 

03

03

 

1.55

1.55

 

0.43

0.43

 

09

09

Kendrapara

 

03

03

 

2.88

2.88

 

0.72

0.72

 

07

07

Keonjhar

02

05

07

1.92

4.13

6.05

0.53

1.24

1.77

43

31

74

Khurda

 

51

51

 

50.07

50.07

 

14.03

14.03

 

288

288

Koraput

17

9

26

47.15

8.24

55.39

13.14

2.21

15.35

47

25

72

Mayurbhanj

 

03

03

 

1.05

1.05

 

0.26

0.26

 

07

07

Malkangiri

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nayagarh

 

09

09

 

8.98

8.98

 

2.69

2.69

 

37

37

Nuapara

 

01

01

 

0.68

0.68

 

0.20

0.20

 

03

03

Nabarangpur

01

 

01

0.67

 

0.67

0.17

 

0.17

03

 

03

Puri

06

19

25

22.46

14.69

37.15

6.58

4.05

10.63

166

137

303

Rayagara

 

04

04

 

3.60

3.60

 

1.05

1.05

 

17

17

Sambalpur

 

02

02

 

1.43

1.43

 

0.38

0.38

 

06

06

Sonepur

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sundargarh

 

54

54

 

19.99

19.99

 

5.69

5.69

 

185

185

TOTAL

58

432

490

163.58

319.49

483.07

45.10

87.83

132.93

569

1846

2415

Training and other Development Programmes

            The Orissa Khadi & Village Industries Board has the following departmental production unit at Udyogpuri.

            1)         Village Oil.

            2)         Soap unit.

            3)         Agarbati unit.

            4)         Revived Saranjam Karyalaya.

            5)         Hand made paper unit.

            6)         Glazed pottery unit.

            7)         Bee Nursery.

            Training is being imparted to interested artisans in the above departmental units. Besides the Board recommends names of interested artisans for setting up Khadi & Village Industries unit to the training centres and production units of Khadi & Village Industries Commission.

            Training of beneficiary financed under REGP has been made compulsory. The Khadi & Village Industries Commission is organising training camps in phased manner to train beneficiaries financed under Rural Employment Generation Programme. The list of beneficiaries’ availed finance under Rural Employment Generation Programme is intimated to State Director, Khadi & Village Industries Commission for necessary training.