Ministry of MSME re-activates the micro-industrialization process in Rural India
Ministry of Micro,Small & Medium Enterprises
Press Release
17th SEP 2020
A few days ago, Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), had announced expanding and doubling the support to Artisans who might be interested in making Agarbatti. Taking these efforts further, the Ministry has now come out with new guidelines for two more schemes which include ‘Pottery Activity’ and ‘Beekeeping Activity’.
These new initiatives of the Ministry with beneficiary oriented Self-Employment schemes, are aimed at rejuvenating the grass root economy contributing to AtmaNirbhar Bharat Abhiyan.
For ‘Pottery Activity’ Government will provide assistance of pottery wheel, Clay Blunger, Granulator etc. It will also provide Wheel Pottery Training for traditional pottery artisans and Press Pottery training for pottery as well as non-pottery artisans in Self Help Groups. There is also provision to provide Jigger-Jolly training programme for pottery as well as non-pottery artisan in Self Help Groups.
This is being done:
- In order to enhance the production, technical knowhow of pottery artisans and to develop new products at reduced costs;
- To enhance the income of pottery artisans through training and modern / automated equipment;
- To provide skill-development to SHGs of pottery-artisans on focused /decorative products, with new pottery designs;
- To encourage the successful traditional potter to set up unit under PMEGP scheme;
- To develop necessary market linkages by tying up with exports and large buying houses;
- To innovate new products and raw materials to make international scale pottery in the country
- Preparing them to graduate from pottery to crockery and
- Trainer’s training programme for skilled pottery artisans who want to work as Master Trainers.
In case of the POTTERY improvements in the Scheme are :
i) skill-development training on focused products like garden pots, cooking-wares, khullad, water bottles, decorator products, mural, etc. to SHGs of pottery-artisans has been introduced.
ii) Focus of the new Scheme is to enhance the production, technical knowhow of pottery artisans and efficiency of potter energy kilns to reduce cost of production
iii) Efforts will be made to develop necessary market linkages by tying up with exports and large buying houses
A total of 6075 Traditional and others (non-traditional) pottery artisans/Rural Un-employed youth/Migrant Labourers will get benefitted from this Scheme.
As Financial support for the year 2020-21, an amount of Rs.19.50 crore will be expended to support 6075 artisans with a Centre of Excellence, with MGIRI, Wardha, CGCRI, Khurja, VNIT, Nagpur and suitable IIT/NID/ NIFT etc, for product development, advance skill programme, and quality standardization of products.
Additional amount of Rs. 50.00 crore has been provisioned for setting up of clusters in Terracotta, Red clay pottery, with new innovative value added products to build pottery to crockery/ tile making capabilities, under ‘ SFURTI’ scheme of the Ministry.
Tags: News
The post Ministry of MSME re-activates the micro-industrialization process in Rural India appeared first on Studycafe.
from Studycafe https://ift.tt/3hJfW5w
No comments:
Post a Comment