An significant Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) and the Ministry of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME) at the KVIC, Rajghat New Delhi office. The Department of Posts is a division of the Ministry of Communications.
This entails the physical inspection of new units being established nationwide under the Prime Minister Employment Generation Program (PMEGP) by Postal Department employees. Additionally, KVIC will provide physical verification training to Postal Department staff members.
The MoU was signed by Dy. General Manager Dr. Amanpreet Singh on behalf of the Department of Posts and Dy. CEO, PMEGP, Rajan Babu on behalf of KVIC in the presence of Chairman, KVIC, Manoj Kumar, Jt Secretary, MSME Vipul Goyal, CEO, KVIC Vatsalya Saxena, and General Manager, Department of Posts, Manisha Bansal Badal.
By doing this, KVIC will get access to the services of 1,65,000 post offices located all over the nation, 139,067 of which are located in rural areas.
In line with the Prime Minister’s vision, KVIC inked this Memorandum of Understanding with the Postal Department in order to foster a cooperative work culture between the two government agencies, according to KVIC Chairman Manoj Kumar.
In addition to the physical verification of PMEGP units, this will enable KVIC to take advantage of the Postal Department’s nationwide communication network and expedite the settlement of margin money subsidies.
According to him, PMEGP has increased employment prospects and encouraged entrepreneurship across the nation. Since the program’s launch, PMEGP has helped more than 9.69 lakh new projects get off the ground and employed more than 84.64 lakh entrepreneurs.
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