About

• Gramodyog Vikas Yojana of the Ministry of MSME is an artisan centric programme implemented with the aim of revival of traditional and inherent skills of rural artisans in village industries.
• It aims at promotion and development of village industries through common facilities, technological modernization, training etc. &other support and services for promotion of village Industries.
• The scheme has a special focus on the Agro Based and Food Processing Industry.

Why in News?

• The Chairman of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Manoj Kumar distributed tool-kits and machineries to artisans in a distribution ceremony in Bhubaneshwar (Odisha) as a part of the Gramodyog Vikas Yojana. 

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