KVIC Chairman Manoj Kumar visits PMTC, KVIC, Pampore in Pulwama district of South Kashmir
Manoj Kumar,
Chairman KVIC visited Kashmir Valley today. During this visit Manoj Kumar
called on LG at Raj Bagh where he discussed about various initiatives taken by
KVIC for the people of J&K in the form of various schemes implemented by
KVIC. Manoj Kumar also paid his maiden visit to Product cum Marketing cum
Training Centre (PMTC) Pampore, Pulwama, South Kashmir, which since inception
has provided trainings in various trades like cutting & Tailoring,
Embroidery especially for women folk and courses like Beekeeping for giving
boost to the Beekeeping in Kashmir Region.
Under the vision of Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and
on-going Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Manoj Kumar distributed 200 electric Potter
wheels to the pottery artisans and 12 Hydra Pulpar Machines to Paper Machie
artisans at PMTC Pampore & 40 pedal operated Agarbatti machines to Agarbatti
making artisans of Jammu region virtually through Video Conferencing. Manoj
Kumar shared that these artisans have undergone training at PMTC Pampore &
these improved implements will help them to reduce drudgery in their work and
will make them self-reliant. He also shared that the schemes of Ministry of
MSME, Govt. of India implemented by KVIC are for empowerment of the local
artisans and youth and KVIC will strive to work for creating self-employment
opportunities in the Union Territory, he has given a slogan Har Hath Ko Paisa – KVIC ki Scheme Se
(Income to everyone –with KVIC’s scheme). Manoj Kumar also interacted
with the artisans and motivated them to work diligently. Inauguration of newly
built Gandhi Park at PMTC Pampore was also done by Chairman KVIC. This Gandhi
Park is dedicated to Gandhi’s life and contains all important milestones of
Gandhi Ji’s life.
The visit concluded with meeting with representatives of
Khadi Institutions of Kashmir Valley. Among others present were JK Gupta (Dy
CEO – NZ, KVIC), Sanjeev Poswal (Director-Publicity, KVIC), SP Khandelwal
(State Director J&K, KVIC) & Anil Kumar Sharma (Principal, PMTC, KVIC,
Pampore).