Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nRemembering the Father of the Nation on the eve of his 150th\nbirthday, Shri Gadkari said that khadi and village industries were very close\nto Gandhi ji\u2019s heart. He said Gandhian economics emphasizes on maximum\nproduction with involvement of maximum number of people, and the Government of\nIndia is sincerely working to fulfil his dreams. The decision to serve tea in\nkulhads on 400 railway stations, distribution of tool kits to leather artisans\nare all steps in this direction, he said. The Minister also emphasized the need\nto modernise Khadi products to make them more attractive to the youth, and said\nthe Ministry and KVIC are collaborating with reputed designers in this regard.\nShri Gadkari said that presently 200 MSME companies are listed in National\nStock Exchange and KVIC should also make efforts to list some entrepreneurs in\nNSE which will make easier the credit flow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shri Gadkari appreciated the efforts made by KVIC in\ndeveloping new products which are eco-friendly, cost effective and good for\nhealth and environment. He expressed hope that this year KVIC will break its\nown record of single day sale of Rs. 1.25 Crores which happened on 13th October\n2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
KVIC chairman Shri Vinai Saxena said KVIC is in the process\nof reviving village industries. The Kacchi Ghani mustered oil launched today is\nbeing supplied by a Prime Minister Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) unit\nestablished recently near Jaipur. The cost effective sanitary napkins are\nmanufactured in Chandigarh also by a PMEGP Unit. He informed that the annual\nturnover of KVIC is approximately Rs. 3,000 crores and they are pushing to take\nit to Rs 5000 crores in the coming years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In observance of 150 years of Mahatma Gandhi, KVIC, for the\nfirst time, is giving 40% discount on Gandhi Topi and Gandhi Dhoti and 20%\ndiscount on all village industries products which will be applicable from 2nd\nOctober for 40 days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Road Transport & Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari launched Bamboo Water Bottle and other Products at KVIC in New Delhi, on the eve of 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. He launched a bamboo bottle of 700ml to 900 ml capacity made by a Tripura based organization, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":5959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[777],"class_list":["post-5958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-articles","tag-bamboo-water-bottle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5958"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5960,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5958\/revisions\/5960"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}