PMEGP scheme to solve the problems of un-employed youth in the country
The Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Kalraj Mishra releasing the brochure ,on the occasion of the 60 years of Customer service celebration, in New Delhi on April 13, 2015.
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New Delhi , 13 Apr 2015
PMEGP scheme has been launched to solve the problems of un-employed youths in the country, said Kalraj Mishar, Union Minister for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises in the function to celebrate 60 years of Khadi Gramodyog Bhawan, KVIC, here today. He was addressing the students from various colleges of Delhi University, Indraprastha University etc who had gathered to join the celebration of Khadi Gramodyog Bhawan. The Hon’ble Union Minister while having interaction with the youths laid emphasis on making Khadi designer friendly and appealing to the youths and in line with the call given by Hon’ble Prime Minister of India to adopt Khadi in their day to day life, he urged youth to join hands to promote Khadi and also adopt Khadi products in their day to day use. The Hon’ble Minister also stated that Mahatma Gandhi is the greatest Brand Ambassador for Khadi. It was also highlighted during the event that Khadi Gramodyog Bhawan which had modest sale of `16.95 lacs during 1955-56 has reached a turnover of `72 crores during 2014-15. The Khadi Bhawan also made a record achievement of achieving an increase of 100% net profit over the previous year i.e. `55 lacs profit from the previous year of `27 lacs. Present on the occasion Shri MadhavLal, Secretary, Ministry of MSME, and Commissioner, KVIC.