(a) whether the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has opened multipurpose training centres in the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof and the total number of such centres opened including
spice making centres till date, State-wise including the Vidharbha region; and
(c) the total number of persons who have been imparted training and provided employment
in the country including Vidharbha region during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise?
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
(SHRI DINSHA PATEL)
(a)&(b): There are 15 Multi Disciplinary Training Centres (MDTCs) of Khadi and Village
Industries Commission (KVIC) functioning across the country of which 4 MDTCs are in the
State of Maharashtra. List of such training centres is given at Annex I. Besides, 06
Departmental Training Centres of State Khadi and Village Industries Boards (KVIBs) and 18
institutional training centres are also functioning. In these training centres, specialised
training programmes like bee-keeping, handmade paper, bio-technology, spice making, leather,
pottery, oils & soaps, etc., are also conducted keeping in view the local demand.
Further, to accelerate the process of rural industrialization in the country, a
national level institute namely ‘Mahatma Gandhi Institute for Rural Industrialisation†has
been operationalised at Wardha, Maharashtra in association with IIT, Delhi by revamping
Jamnalal Bajaj Central Research Institute.
(c): State-wise number of persons trained including those from Vidharbha region and persons
employed in khadi and village industries sector during last three years are given at
Annex II and III, respectively.