MINISTER OF SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES & AGRO AND RURAL INDUSTRIES (SHRI MAHABIR PRASAD)
(a): The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) does not set up units of its own. Village Industry (VI) units
under the Rural Employment Generation Programme (REGP) are set up by individual entrepreneurs in various parts of
the country, including Uttar Pradesh, with margin money assistance provided by the Government through the KVIC and
loans sanctioned by the implementing banks. 17725 VI projects have been established in Uttar Pradesh under the REGP
up to 31.03.2005 since its inception in April 1995. District-wise information is not maintained centrally.
(b): The number of the VI proje-ets set up during the last three years under the REGP in Uttar Pradesh is given below:
Year Number of Additional Value of projects set up employment generated production (Number of persons) (Rs.lakh)
2002-03 1677 42652 11696.96
2003-04 2134 57847 15117.55
2004-05 2210 64900 16898.75
(c): No cooperatives or private VI units have been provided assistance by the Uttar Pradesh Khadi and Village Industries Board (KVIB).