Lok Sabha Question No. 3027 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-16
Subject: Closure of Khadi Sales Outlets
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Dibyendu Adhikari

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3027 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.12.2021

## CLOSURE OF KHADI SALES OUTLETS

## 3027.        SHRI DIBYENDU ADHIKARI:

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

- (a) whether some of the Khandi sales outlets of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) have been closed down during the last severn years;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (c) the reasons of their closure; and
- (d) the details of people who were employee but lost their jobs due to closure of these Khadi sales outlets?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SHRI NARAYAN RANE)

(a) to (c): Yes  Sir.    During  the  last  seven  years,  a  total  of  122  sales  outlets  of Khadi  Institutions have  been  closed  due  to  the  un-violability of the location. However, 624 new sales outlets  of  Khadi  Institutions  have  been  opened  during  the same period at the viable places.  State-wise list of closed and newly opened Khadi Institutions is annexed.

(d): No manpower have become unemployed due to the closure of the sales outlets as these people have been redeployed in other activities of the Khadi Institutions.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3027 for answer on 16.12.2021

Details of State-wise closed and newly opened Khadi Institutions during the last seven years

| Sr. No.   | States/Union Territories        |   No. of closed Khadi Institutions |   No. of newly opened Khadi Institutions |
|-----------|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Jammu &Kashmir and Ladakh (UTs) |                                  0 |                                       10 |
| 2         | Himachal Pradesh                |                                 17 |                                        1 |
| 3         | Punjab                          |                                  0 |                                        0 |
| 4         | Chandigarh (UT)                 |                                  0 |                                        3 |
| 5         | Haryana                         |                                  0 |                                       18 |
| 6         | Delhi                           |                                  0 |                                        0 |
| 7         | Rajasthan                       |                                  9 |                                       22 |
| 8         | Uttarakhand                     |                                 44 |                                       35 |
| 9         | Uttar Pradesh                   |                                  0 |                                      326 |
| 10        | Chhattisgarh                    |                                  0 |                                        0 |
| 11        | Madhya Pradesh                  |                                  0 |                                        1 |
| 12        | Sikkim                          |                                  0 |                                        0 |
| 13        | Arunachal Pradesh               |                                  0 |                                        0 |
| 14        | Nagaland                        |                                  0 |                                        1 |
| 15        | Manipur                         |                                  0 |                                        1 |
| 16        | Mizoram                         |                                  0 |                                        0 |
| 17        | Tripura                         |                                  0 |                                        0 |
| 18        | Meghalaya                       |                                  0 |                                        0 |
| 19        | Assam                           |                                  1 |                                        4 |
| 20        | Bihar                           |                                 33 |                                       14 |
| 21        | West Bengal                     |                                  1 |                                       29 |
| 22        | Jharkhand                       |                                  1 |                                        5 |
| 23        | Orissa                          |                                  0 |                                        9 |
| 24        | A. &N. Islands                  |                                  0 |                                        0 |
| 25        | Gujarat                         |                                  0 |                                        0 |
| 26        | Maharashtra                     |                                  0 |                                        7 |
| 27        | Goa                             |                                  0 |                                        0 |
| 28        | Andhra Pradesh                  |                                  0 |                                       23 |
| 29        | Telangana                       |                                  0 |                                        0 |
| 30        | Karnataka                       |                                  0 |                                       52 |
| 31        | Lakshadweep                     |                                  0 |                                        0 |
| 32        | Kerala                          |                                  0 |                                       54 |
| 33        | Tamil Nadu                      |                                 16 |                                        9 |
| 34        | Puducherry                      |                                  0 |                                        0 |
| Total     |                                 |                                122 |                                      624 |