Lok Sabha Question No. 3430 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-10
Subject: Modernisation of MSME Sector
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: NISHIKANT  DUBEY, SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL  MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

**LOK SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3430**

**TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2015**

MODERNISATION OF MSME SECTOR

3430.		SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY:

DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE:

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

(a)		whether the Government proposes to introduce affordable technologies and facilities for the holistic development and promotion of Khadi and Village Industries in the country;

(b)		if so, the details thereof;

(c)		whether Mahatma Gandhi Institute for Rural Industrialisation (MGIRI) undertakes research, design and extension activities for the rural industrial sector;

(d) 		if so, the details of the new technologies finalised by the said Institute during the Eleventh Five Year Plan period; and

(e) 		the details of such new technologies transferred to rural sector during the said period?

**ANSWER**

MINISTER OF MICRO, SMALL  MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

(SHRI KALRAJ MISHRA)

(a) & (b):	Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has been taking up projects for developing affordable technologies to upgrade technology base of Khadi and Village Industries sector in collaboration with premier academic and technical institutes. Through such collaborative projects, 124 technologies have been developed for Khadi as well as Village Industries.

KVIC, has established a number of sector specific research institutions viz  i) Central Bee Research & Training Institute, Pune for honey, ii)   Kumarappa National Handmade Paper Institute, Jaipur for handmade paper, iii)  Dr. B.R Ambedkar Institute of Rural Technology & Management and Institute of Renewable Energy, Nashik for training, iv)  C.B. Kora Institute of Village Industries for training, v)  Central Village Pottery Institute, Khanapur (Belgaum) for pottery, vi)  Central Palmgur and Palm Products Institute, Chennai for palm related products, vii)  Fibre Design cum Development Centre, Trivandrum for coir products.

KVIC has also supported 42 Khadi Institutions and 64 Village Industries institutions and units to set up in house testing laboratories so that the products quality could be tested at an affordable cost.

(c):	Yes Madam. Mahatma Gandhi Institute for Rural Industrialisation (MGIRI) undertakes research, design and extension activities for the rural industrial sector.

(d)&(e):	Details of new technologies finalised and transferred to rural sector by MGIRI during the Eleventh Five Year Plan period is placed at **Annexure -I** .

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**ANNEXURE –I**

**Annexure–I referred to in reply to part (d) & (e) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3430 for answer on 10.08.2015**

**Details of new technologies finalised and transferred to rural sector by MGIRI during the Eleventh Five Year Plan period are as follows:**

1. A range of Solar based Industrial machineries such as Solar Charka, Solar Potter wheel, Solar food dryer, solar chakki (dat grinding machine)
2. Low cost Packaging machine
3. Biogas power plant (10 kW & 15 kW)
4. Biomass charcoal briquetting system
5. LED lighting for indoor and outdoor lighting
6. Dhoop batti  making machine
7. Low cost latrine with septic tank
8. Solar biomass drier of one ton per hour capacity has been designed and developed as an attachment to MGIRI’s innovative biomass mixture for briquetting.
9. Design and development of Green Chili feeding & cutting machine so as to process Green Chili Powder.
10. Food products such as flavoured soya milk, sugar free soya milk & calcium rich tofu, tamarind based valued added products, Amla based products, Bakery products, honey based products.
11. Herbal products such as Chuhara based neutraceuticals, herbal tea, herbal gulal, herbal cosmetics such as face pack, anti-crack cream and Henna paste cones.
12. Panchagavya (cow urine, cow dung, cow milk and cow ghee) based products like floor cleaner, mosquito repellent coil and dhoop sticks, medicinal products like cow urine distillate, Asav and Aristas, Dant manjans.
13. Neem based disinfectant products
14. Bio-Manure testing Kit, Microbial diagnostic kit, soil testing kit
15. Novel Argo nutrients from waste human hair, bio-fertilizers, Bio-pesticides
16. Process improvements in Muslin Khadi
17. Soft and stiff finish technology for Khadi fabric which retains the crease for around 20 washes
18. Dyeing of Khadi with natural dye
19. Small Mercerizing machine for Khadi yarn
20. Hank dyeing machine for Khadi yarn
21. Technology for extraction and use of vegetable dye
22. Double roller gin machine
23. Course count spinning of Desi wool on NMC / solar charka and development of Melange yarn, Jaspe yarn, Grindle yarn, etc.
24. Alternate tool for combing of Ponduru Khadi
25. Development of hand knitted garments from solar yarn
26. Concept of Double Dobby has been developed in Khadi field for weaving value added handloom fabrics such as Buti and Border intricate design, without loss of production
27. Development of soap quality testing  kits

1. Making of toilet soap, liquid hand wash, shampoo from soap stock of cotton seed oil
2. Making of cold cream, cleansing cream, vanishing cream, moisturizing cream & hair dye
3. Herbal based mosquito repellant
4. Epoxidised soya bean oil as bio-plasticizer  for application in  plastic processing industries
5. Using soap stock solution an industrial waste from edible oil industry has been processed into a marketable product as ‘liquid hand wash soap’ on a consultancy basis.
6. The formulation and standardization of Vanishing cream, Moisturizing cream, cleansing cream and Cold cream products have been completed
7. Mosquito liquid repellent standardization has been done which is effective against the targeted insects and is also non-hazardous for domestic use.
8. Low cost variable speed potter’s wheel (tyre type)
9. Low cost variable speed potter’s wheel (iron rim type)
10. Natural colours for terracotta jewellery.