KVIC crosses Rs 1.7 lakh crore turnover, 50% rise in employment era
The Khadi and Village Industries Fee (KVIC) has achieved a milestone, with its turnover crossing 1.70 lakh crore for the primary time in unbiased India’s historical past, in keeping with the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
KVIC Chairman Manoj Kumar shared provisional figures for the monetary yr 2024–25, marking document development throughout manufacturing, gross sales, and employment.
Releasing the info on Monday on the KVIC headquarters in Rajghat, New Delhi, Manoj Kumar introduced that Khadi and Village Industries merchandise noticed a 347 % enhance in manufacturing and a 447 % rise in gross sales over the previous 11 years. Employment era rose by 49.23 %, reaching 1.94 crore people, reflecting the sector’s deepening function in rural livelihood era.
“The imaginative and prescient of a self-reliant India, rooted within the legacy of Bapu’s Khadi, is being realized via the transformative efforts below ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ and the ‘Viksit Bharat’ mission,” mentioned KVIC Chairman.
In FY 2024–25, manufacturing jumped to 1.16 lakh crore, up from 26,109 crore in 2013–14. Equally, gross sales touched 1.70 lakh crore, in comparison with 31,154 crore in 2013–14. The Khadi Gramodyog Bhawan in New Delhi additionally achieved document enterprise, clocking 110.01 crore, greater than doubling its 2013–14 turnover of 51.02 crore.
The Khadi clothes section too noticed an enormous surge. Manufacturing rose from 811 crore in 2013–14 to three,783 crore in 2024–25—a 366 % bounce. Gross sales of Khadi clothes soared by 561 %, from 1,081 crore to 7,145 crore, credited to robust nationwide promotion, particularly by the Prime Minister himself.
The Pradhan Mantri Employment Era Programme (PMEGP) continues to play a key function in rural employment. Over 10.18 lakh models have been arrange below the scheme, with 27,166 crore in margin cash subsidies and over 90 lakh individuals employed since its inception.
Kumar highlighted the rising scale of help below the Gramodyog Vikas Yojana, the place the finances was elevated by 134 % to 60 crore for FY 2025–26. KVIC has to date distributed over 2.87 lakh machines and toolkits, together with pottery wheels, bee packing containers, incense stick machines, and craft toolkits, serving to enhance micro-enterprises in rural areas.
Previously decade, 7.43 lakh individuals have been educated, of which 57.45 % (over 4.27 lakh) are girls. Moreover, 80 % of the 5 lakh Khadi artisans are girls, whose wages have elevated by 275 % during the last 11 years—one hundred pc in simply the final three years, as per MSME ministry launch.
“This progress isn’t just statistical—it displays the transformation of rural India via enterprise, skill-building, and empowerment. It units a powerful basis for reaching the purpose of creating India the third-largest economic system by 2047,” Kumar concluded.
