Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC)
The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) is a statutory body established by an Act of
Parliament (No. 61 of 1956, as amended by act no. 12 of 1987 and Act No.10 of 2006. In April 1957,
it took over the work of former All India Khadi and Village Industries Board.
Objectives
The broad objectives that the KVIC has set before it are:
• The social objective of providing employment.
• The economic objective of producing saleable articles.
• The wider objective of creating self-reliance amongst the poor and building up of a strong
rural community spirit.Major Functions
The KVIC is charged with the planning, promotion, organisation and implementation of programs for
the development of Khadi and other village industries in the rural areas in coordination with other
agencies engaged in rural development wherever necessary.
• Its functions comprise building up of a reserve of raw materials and implements for supply
to producers, creation of common service facilities for processing of raw materials as semi-
finished goods and provisions of facilities for marketing of KVI products apart from
organisation of training of artisans engaged in these industries and encouragement of co-
operative efforts amongst them.
• It promotes the sale and marketing of khadi and/or products of village industries or
handicrafts, the KVIC may forge linkages with established marketing agencies wherever
feasible and necessary.
• KVIC is also charged with the responsibility of encouraging and promoting research in the
production techniques and equipment employed in the Khadi and Village Industries sector
and providing facilities for the study of the problems relating to it, including the use of non-
conventional energy and electric power with a view to increasing productivity, eliminating
drudgery and otherwise enhancing their competitive capacity and arranging for dissemination
of salient results obtained from such research.
• KVIC is entrusted with the task of providing financial assistance to institutions and individuals
for development and operation of Khadi and village industries and guiding them through
supply of designs, prototypes and other technical information. In implementing KVI activities,
the KVIC may take such steps as to ensure genuineness of the products and to set standards
of quality and ensure that the products of Khadi and village industries do conform to the
standards.
• KVIC may also undertake directly or through other agencies studies concerning the problems
of Khadi and/or village industries besides research or establishing pilot projects for the
development of Khadi and village industries.
• KVIC is authorized to establish and maintain separate organisations for the purpose of
carrying out any or all of the above matters besides carrying out any other matters incidental
to its activities.
The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) is a statutory body established by an Act of
Parliament (No. 61 of 1956, as amended by act no. 12 of 1987 and Act No.10 of 2006. In April 1957,
it took over the work of former All India Khadi and Village Industries Board.
Objectives
The broad objectives that the KVIC has set before it are:
• The social objective of providing employment.
• The economic objective of producing saleable articles.
• The wider objective of creating self-reliance amongst the poor and building up of a strong
rural community spirit.Major Functions
The KVIC is charged with the planning, promotion, organisation and implementation of programs for
the development of Khadi and other village industries in the rural areas in coordination with other
agencies engaged in rural development wherever necessary.
• Its functions comprise building up of a reserve of raw materials and implements for supply
to producers, creation of common service facilities for processing of raw materials as semi-
finished goods and provisions of facilities for marketing of KVI products apart from
organisation of training of artisans engaged in these industries and encouragement of co-
operative efforts amongst them.
• It promotes the sale and marketing of khadi and/or products of village industries or
handicrafts, the KVIC may forge linkages with established marketing agencies wherever
feasible and necessary.
• KVIC is also charged with the responsibility of encouraging and promoting research in the
production techniques and equipment employed in the Khadi and Village Industries sector
and providing facilities for the study of the problems relating to it, including the use of non-
conventional energy and electric power with a view to increasing productivity, eliminating
drudgery and otherwise enhancing their competitive capacity and arranging for dissemination
of salient results obtained from such research.
• KVIC is entrusted with the task of providing financial assistance to institutions and individuals
for development and operation of Khadi and village industries and guiding them through
supply of designs, prototypes and other technical information. In implementing KVI activities,
the KVIC may take such steps as to ensure genuineness of the products and to set standards
of quality and ensure that the products of Khadi and village industries do conform to the
standards.
• KVIC may also undertake directly or through other agencies studies concerning the problems
of Khadi and/or village industries besides research or establishing pilot projects for the
development of Khadi and village industries.
• KVIC is authorized to establish and maintain separate organisations for the purpose of
carrying out any or all of the above matters besides carrying out any other matters incidental
to its activities.
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