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Punjab Khadi board offers Rs 20 cr for village industries

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Press Trust of India Moga
The Punjab Khadi and Village Industries Board has announced incentives of Rs 20 crore to rural unemployed youth for setting up khadi and village industries and will also provide necessary training to them.

Harjit Singh Grewal, Chairman Punjab Khadi and Village Industries Board, said the National Commission of Village and Khadi Board has decided to hold around 25 awareness training camps in rural areas in order to ahieve the target of providing employment to 20,000 to 25,000 people.

The board has planned to make khadi and village industries more profitable by arranging its production and marketing, he said.

The board has also proposed to set up honey cluster soon so that honey production and marketing could be encouraged and made profitable, he added.

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First Published: Jun 01 2014 | 2:30 PM IST

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