Question : KHADI AND GRAMODYOG COMMISSION IN U.P.



(a): the location-wise number of Industrial units set up by Khadi and Gramodyog Commission in Uttar Pradesh;

(b): the year-wise details of the work done by the said units during the last three years;and

(c): the number of the cooperative anq private units which have been provided assistance by the State Khadi and Gramodyog Board during the said period?

Answer given by the minister

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).