Pottery Activity under Gramodyog Vikas Yojana Scheme

Objectives

• To enhance the production, technical knowhow of pottery artisans and to reduce cost of production
• To enhance the income of pottery artisans by providing skill development training and modern & automated equipment
• To provide skill-development training to SHGs of pottery-artisans on focused products like garden pots, khullad, decorator products etc.
• To encourage the successful potter to set up his own unit under PMEGP scheme
• To develop necessary market linkages by tying up with exports and large buying houses.
• To innovate various new products and raw materials to make international scale pottery

Nature of Assistance

• Wheel Pottery Training Programme for traditional pottery artisans.
• Press Pottery training programme for pottery as well as non-pottery artisans.
• Jigger-Jolly training programme for pottery as well as non-pottery artisans.
• Trainer's training programme for skilled traditional pottery artisans who want to work as Master Trainers.
• Assistance by providing pottery wheel, Clay Blunger, Granulator etc.

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Who Can Apply

• The artisans between 18 years and upto 55 years of age.
• Preference to be given to the people trained in the related activity, people pursuing the same activity earlier, based on their education, profile & minimum of 50% to SCs/STs/Women candidates/BPL category
• Non-pottery artisan who is interested to start new industry can be selected for training of press pottery and jigger-jolly etc.

How to Apply

• By responding to the advertisements to be given by the State/Divisional Directors of KVIC locally through print & electronic media inviting applications along with project proposals from prospective beneficiaries/SHGs desirous of establishing the Pilot Projects/get training/machines etc.
• Concerned State Office, KVIC can be contacted to know the details.

Whom to contact

State Director, KVIC (Address available at KVIC Online)

Source : Ministry of Micro, Small Medium Enterprises