KVIC Chairman V K Saxena said the organisation is taking "pro-active" steps to revive defunct Khadi institutions, which have closed due to low wages, lack of funds for replacement of Charkhas and Looms and inadequate marketing support.
He also said that till 2011, a total of 267 Khadi institutions were closed down.
"KVIC, from the grants received from the MSME has tried to strengthen and revive these institutions. It has released total of Rs 7.23 crore (since 20140-15) to 143 institutions, for replacement of old Charkhas and Looms and to revive production," he said in a statement.
He also said 89 and 63 new Khadi institutions were registered in 2015-16 and 2016-17, respectively and have started production.
On October 2, KVIC had launched 'Khadi Institutions Registration and Certification Sewa' (KIRCS), an online portal for registration of new Khadi institutions.
"Due to this online registration sewa initiatives, since October 2, 2016 to January 20, 2017, 143 new institutions have applied for registration of Khadi certification and production...," Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) said.
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