Lok Sabha Question No. 3564 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-08
Subject: Closed KVIC Units
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: AJAY (TENI) MISRA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3564 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.08.2016

## CLOSED KVIC UNITS

3564. SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI:

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

- (a) whether  globalisation  has  adversely  impacted  the  Khadi  and  Village  Industries Commission (KVIC) Units in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (c) the number of KVIC units closed down during the last three years, State/UTwise;
- (d) whether the Government has provided any funds for reviving the said closed units and also for opening new units in the country during the said period; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof; State/UTwise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SHRI GIRIRAJ SINGH)

- (a): No Madam.
- (b): Does not arise.
- (c): The initiatives of the Ministry did not allow any Khadi Institution to close down.  In fact,  the  Ministry  through  its  scheme  for  Strengthening  of  Weak  Khadi  Institutions  has supported the sick Khadi institutions which have potential to attain normalcy.
- (d)&(e): Yes Madam. KVIC has supported the weak Khadi Institutions which have the potential to attain normal production. KVIC does not provide funds for setting up new units. However  under  Prime  Minister's  Employment  Generation  Programme  (PMEGP)  new Khadi/Village  Industries  units  can  be  assisted.    During  the  last  three  years  KVIC  has supported the following units/institutions:

|                          |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |
|--------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Khadi Institutions       |        60 |        79 |        73 |
| Village Industries units |     50493 |     48168 |     44340 |

State/UT-wise details of the institutions and units are given at Annexure.

## Annexure

Annexure referred to in reply to part (d) & (e) of the Lok Sabha unstarred Question. No. 3564 for reply on 08.08.2016.

## STATE-WISE KHADI & V.I UNITS/INSTITUTIONS

| Sr. No.   | State/UT          | 2013-14   | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2015-16   |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|           |                   | Khadi     | VI Units  | Khadi     | VI Units  | Khadi     | VI Units  |
| 1         | Jammu &Kashmir    | 4         | 1855      | 13        | 1565      | 0         | 2207      |
| 2         | Himachal Pradesh  | 1         | 1112      | 0         | 1244      | 0         | 1077      |
| 3         | Punjab            | 0         | 979       | 5         | 1153      | 0         | 966       |
| 4         | Chandigarh        | 0         | 55        | 0         | 36        | 0         | 43        |
| 5         | Uttarakhand       | 5         | 1236      | 0         | 1333      | 1         | 1136      |
| 6         | Haryana           | 0         | 935       | 2         | 1175      | 1         | 1248      |
| 7         | Delhi             | 0         | 142       | 0         | 198       | 0         | 256       |
| 8         | Rajasthan         | 4         | 1280      | 2         | 1976      | 3         | 1988      |
| 9         | Uttar Pradesh     | 6         | 4354      | 3         | 4891      | 29        | 4365      |
| 10        | Bihar             | 3         | 3121      | 1         | 1639      | 1         | 2430      |
| 11        | Sikkim            | 0         | 66        | 0         | 16        | 0         | 110       |
| 12        | Arunachal Pradesh | 0         | 657       | 1         | 652       | 0         | 35        |
| 13        | Nagaland          | 0         | 421       | 0         | 416       | 0         | 623       |
| 14        | Manipur           | 0         | 733       | 0         | 747       | 4         | 685       |
| 15        | Mizoram           | 0         | 777       | 0         | 817       | 0         | 1134      |
| 16        | Tripura           | 0         | 1307      | 0         | 787       | 0         | 642       |
| 17        | Meghalaya         | 0         | 397       | 0         | 555       | 0         | 603       |
| 18        | Assam             | 1         | 8255      | 5         | 5015      | 2         | 3483      |
| 19        | West Bengal       | 6         | 3216      | 7         | 3397      | 0         | 1873      |
| 20        | Jharkhand         | 2         | 2612      | 4         | 1699      | 0         | 1839      |
| 21        | Odisha            | 4         | 2146      | 5         | 2013      | 4         | 2876      |
| 22        | Chhattisgarh      | 0         | 921       | 0         | 847       | 0         | 1277      |
| 23        | Madhya Pradesh    | 0         | 2462      | 0         | 2737      | 0         | 1979      |
| 24        | Gujarat           | 0         | 914       | 2         | 1289      | 4         | 1419      |
| 25        | Maharashtra       | 0         | 2186      | 1         | 3469      | 0         | 2497      |
| 26        | Andhra Pradesh    | 5         | 1453      | 9         | 937       | 0         | 642       |
| 27        | Telangana         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 604       | 0         | 660       |
| 28        | Karnataka         | 19        | 2778      | 19        | 2431      | 24        | 2140      |
| 29        | Goa               | 0         | 79        | 0         | 78        | 0         | 91        |
| 30        | Lakshadweep       | 0         | 4         | 0         | 31        | 0         | 0         |
| 31        | Kerala            | 0         | 1505      | 0         | 1344      | 0         | 1369      |
| 32        | Tamil Nadu        | 0         | 2268      | 0         | 2858      | 0         | 2463      |
| 33        | Puducherry        | 0         | 43        | 0         | 58        | 0         | 65        |
| 34        | A&N Island        | 0         | 224       | 0         | 161       | 0         | 119       |
|           | Total             | 60        | 50493     | 79        | 48168     | 73        | 44340     |