Kargil and Leh zones in Jammu and Kashmir are booming with production activity as a result of self-sustainable employment created by Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) in the region. Beginning 2017-18, KVIC has set up nearly 1,000 small and medium manufacturing units under the Prime Minister Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), creating over 8,200 jobs for local youths in three-and-a-half years.
KVIC, the nodal implementing agency for PMEGP, has released margin money to the tune of ₹32.35 crore since 2017-18 to support these units.Kargil and Leh in Jammu and Kashmir are booming with production activity as a result of self-sustainable employment created by Khadi and Village Industries Commission. Beginning 2017-18, it has set up nearly 1,000 small and medium manufacturing units under the Prime Minister Employment Generation Programme, creating over 8,200 jobs in three-and-a-half years.#
The units include tailoring units, wooden furniture manufacturing units, wood carving units, beauty parlors and manufacturing of gold jewellery.
Even during the first six months of 2020-21, which has been marred by the COVID-19 lockdown, KVIC helped locals to set up 26 new projects in Kargil and 24 in Leh in different sectors that created 350 jobs in the two regions, according to an official release.
From 2017-18 to 2020-21 (up to September 30), KVIC established 802 projects in Kargil and 191 projects in Leh region creating 6,781 jobs in Kargil and 1,421 jobs in Leh respectively. While KVIC disbursed ₹26.67 crore as margin money for these projects in Kargil, it disbursed ₹5.68 crore in the Leh region during this period.
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