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| LampeIndia: The Central Home Minister Shri Amit Shah Ji Distributes Electric Potter Wheels to Kumhar community in Gandhinagar. |
New Delhi (Lampe):- As many as 200 families of the marginalized Kumhar community from 20 villages in Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad took a stride towards sustainable self-employment today by associating with Kumhar Sashakrikaran Yojana of Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC). Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah distributed 200 electric potter wheels (Chaak) and other pottery equipment to 200 trained artisans at a function held at Village Randheja in his Parliamentary Constituency of Gandhinagar in Gujarat via video conference from New Delhi.
Of the 20 villages identified by KVIC, 15 villages fall under Gandhinagar district while the remaining 5 villages belong to the Ahmedabad district. The distribution of electric potter wheels will benefit at least 1200 members of the community by increasing their productivity and their income, which is the dream of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.
Shri Amit Shah lauded the various self-employment schemes of KVIC like Honey Mission, Kumhar Sashaktikaran Yojana, Leather Artisans’ Empowerment, and Project DigniTEA. While distributing electric chaaks, the Home Minister interacted with four potters, namely - Saileshbhai Prajapati, Bharatbhai Prajapati, Avniben Prajapati, and Jigneshbhai Prajapati - who have been given 10-days training by KVIC in pottery making and provided with electric chaak and other equipment. These potters thanked the government saying this will enable them to earn a better livelihood and become “Aatmanirbhar".
Shri Amit Shah said the electric chaak will not only help potters to enhance their production but also enable them to make new fancy products that will fetch them good income during the Dussehra and Diwali festivals. He urged every beneficiary to rope in at least 10 other families with Kumhar Sashaktikaran Yojana for the larger benefit of the community.
He said the government has created proper marketing channels including a tie-up with the Indian Railway for selling their products. “Indian Railway has already designated 400 railway stations where only earthenware is being used to sell food and beverages. I will request the Railway Minister to identify more such railway stations so as to provide a bigger marketing platform to our potters,” he said, while also advising the potters to form cooperatives to sell their finished products at railway stations.
KVIC Chairman Shri Vinai Kumar Saxena said he was readily available for every initiative taken for the cause of the poor and the marginalized sections.
Saxena informed that more than 18,000 electric chalks have so far been distributed across the country benefiting nearly 80,000 people of the community. He said the average income of potters under Kumhar Sashaktikaran Yojana has gone up from nearly Rs 3000 per month to nearly Rs 10,000 per month.
समाज के गरीब व वंचित वर्ग को सशक्त कर उन्हें विकास की मुख्यधारा से जोड़ना मोदी सरकार की सर्वोच्च प्राथमिकता है।
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) September 30, 2020
इसी क्रम में आज गांधीनगर लोक सभा के 200 कुम्हार परिवारों को ‘कुम्हार सशक्तिकरण योजना’ के अंतर्गत विद्युत चालित चाक वितरित किये। pic.twitter.com/rb5TQ2R0O2
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