KHADI & VILLAGE INDUSTRIES COMMISSION / STATE KVIB's NEEDS REVIEW.

" FOR THE ECONOMIC UPLIFTMENT OF OUR VILLAGES , KHADI AND COTTAGE INDUSTRIES ARE VITAL AS LIFE IS FOR THE BODY " , SAID FATHER OF THE NATION MAHATMA GANDHI.


KHADI AND VILLAGE INDUSTRIES COMMISSION IS A STATUTORY BODY CREATED BY AN ACT OF PARLIAMENT ( NO. 61 OF 1956 AND AS AMENDED BY ACT NO. 12 OF 1987 ). ESTABLISHED IN APRIL 1957. IT TOOK OVER THE WORK OF THE FORMER ALL INDIA KHADI AND VILLAGE INDUSTRIES BOARD.


THE SOCIAL OBJECTIVES OF PROVIDING EMPLOYMENT IS ONE OF THE MAJOR OBJECTIVES AMONGEST ALL THREE, AS THIS IS MENDATORY TO PROVIDE FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT TO A PERSON AGAINST FIX INVESTMENT 50,000/- IN A PROJECT. THE PROPOSAL MUST ABIDE VILLAGE INDUSTRIES DEFINATION APPROVED BY THE KVIC, AS PROPOSED UNIT MUST BE SET UP IN RURAL AREA OUTSIDE THE URBAN AREA.


THERE ARE SO MANY EXAMPLES VIOLATED ALL BOTH POINTS AS STATED ABOVE. THE PROCEDURE OF RECOVERY OF MARGIN MONEY SUBSIDY IS ALSO UN EFFECTIVE IN THOSE CASES WHO FAILED TO EITHER SET UP THEIR UNIT IN RURAL AREA OR FAILED TO WORK AS PER THEIR SANCTIONED PROJECTS. KVIC BEING AN POLICY MAKER MOTHER UNIT NEED NOT TO SPONSOR THE APPLICANTS WHERE AS KVIC & STATE KVIB's BOTH RECOMENDING THE PROPOSALS WITH OUT COORDINATION BETWEEN KVIC STATE OFFICE AND THE FIELD OFFICES OF THE STATE KVIB's, THE SERVICE CONDITIONS OF THE OFFICIALS OF THE KVIC & KVIB's ARE ALSO NOT SAME ALONG WITH DESIGNATION's / PROMOTION ASPECTS / HOUSE RENTS & OTHER BANEFITS.


THE SERVICE CONDITIONS OF THE EMPLOYEES OF ALL STATE KVIB's / KVIC's MUST BE REVIWED ALONG WITH THE SAID POINTS RAISED ABOVE FOR PROPER UTILISATION OF FUNDS & MAN POWER.


---" NATIONAL KHADI AND VILLAGE INDUSTRIES BOARD's EMPLOYEES FEDERATION "