Lok Sabha Question No. 1020 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-17
Subject: Khadi Outlets
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: GOPALAKRISHNAN CHINNARAJ

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1020 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.12.2018

## KHADI OUTLETS

1020.         DR. C. GOPALAKRISHNAN:

Will  the  Minister  of  MICRO,  SMALL  AND  MEDIUM  ENTERPRISES  be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Khadi  and  Village  Industries  Commission  has  decided  to inaugurate more renovated Khadi outlets across the country to increase the sale of Khadi Products;
- (b)  if so, the details thereof; and
- (c)   the total number of artisans likely to be benefitted therefrom, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SHRI GIRIRAJ SINGH)

(a)&(b): Yes,  Madam,  62 sales outlets are to be renovated by Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC)under Khadi Reform and Development Programme (KRDP) scheme during the year 2018-19,which will increase  the sale  of  Khadi  Products.    Zone-wise  detail  of  Sales  Outlets  renovated  is  as follows:

| Sl. No.   | Zone       |   Sales outlets renovated under KRDP [2014-15 to 2018-19 (upto 30.11.2018)] |
|-----------|------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | North-East |                                                                           1 |
| 2         | East       |                                                                          37 |
| 3         | Central    |                                                                          66 |
| 4         | South      |                                                                         138 |
| 5         | North      |                                                                          61 |
| 6         | West       |                                                                          34 |
|           | Total      |                                                                         337 |

(c): The objective of renovation of Khadi sales outlets across the country is to increase  the  sale  of  Khadi  products.  No  artisan  will  directly  be  benefitted, however,  increased  sale  of  Khadi  and  Village  Industries  (KVI)  products indirectly benefit artisans. KVIC  has generated cumulative employment potential of 140.36 lakh through implementation of Khadi & Village Industries (KVI) Schemes, State-wise detailsare placed at Annexure-I.

## Annexure-I referred to in reply to part (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1020 for answer on 17.12.2018

State-wise cumulative employment from Khadi & Village Industries (KVI) sector

| Sl. No.   | State / UT               |   Persons (in lakh) |
|-----------|--------------------------|---------------------|
| 1         | Jammu &Kashmir           |                3.56 |
| 2         | Himachal Pradesh         |                2.82 |
| 3         | Punjab                   |                4.16 |
| 4         | Chandigarh (UT)          |                0.24 |
| 5         | Haryana                  |                4.33 |
| 6         | Delhi                    |                0.34 |
| 7         | Rajasthan                |               10.67 |
| 8         | Uttarakhand              |                1.59 |
| 9         | Uttar Pradesh            |               19    |
| 10        | Chhattisgarh             |                1.85 |
| 11        | Madhya Pradesh           |                5.12 |
| 12        | Sikkim                   |                0.26 |
| 13        | Arunachal Pradesh        |                0.18 |
| 14        | Nagaland                 |                0.87 |
| 15        | Manipur                  |                1.02 |
| 16        | Mizoram                  |                1.17 |
| 17        | Tripura                  |                1.07 |
| 18        | Meghalaya                |                0.58 |
| 19        | Assam                    |                5.26 |
| 20        | Bihar                    |                4.79 |
| 21        | West Bengal              |               10.72 |
| 22        | Jharkhand                |                0.86 |
| 23        | Odisha                   |                4.56 |
| 24        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |                0.3  |
| 25        | Gujarat *                |                2.86 |
| 26        | Maharashtra **           |               10.15 |
| 27        | Goa                      |                0.2  |
| 28        | Andhra Pradesh           |                5.77 |
| 29        | Telangana                |                4.31 |
| 30        | Karnataka                |                6.47 |
| 31        | Lakshadweep Islands      |                0.01 |
| 32        | Kerala                   |                5.93 |
| 33        | Tamil Nadu               |               19.23 |
| 34        | Puducherry               |                0.1  |
| TOTAL     | TOTAL                    |              140.35 |