Lok Sabha
The Government has dissolved the Khadi and Village Industries Commission(KVIC) on 14th October, 2004, and established the authority titled the Commissioner for Khadi and Village Industries who has been given the powers and functions entrusted to the Commission.
The Government has also decided to set up an Expert Committee to examine the structure, functioning and performance of the KVIC and to recommend measures to revamp the KVIC. The Committee shall, inter alia, review the KVIC act, 1956 (61 of 1956), KVIC Rules, 1957 and the Regulations made thereunder and recommend restructuring alongwith modifications, if any, in these statutes to achieve the objectives of (1) development of Khadi and Village Industries (KVI) and (2) making KVIC a more professional and effective body for implementation of the existing KVI programmes/schemes and/or launching new programmes/schemes with a view to enhancing employment and income generation in the rural areas and expanding the markets for (including export of) Khadi and Village Industries products.
This information was given by Shri Mahabir Prasad, Minister of Small Scale Industries & Agro and Rural Industries in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
(Release ID :5232)