Question: Consider the following statements:
(1) Kumhar Sashaktikaran Yojana aims at proper training and distribution of advanced equipment to potter Community.
(2) It was launched in 2018.
Of the above correct statement/s is/are:
(a) Only 1
(b) Only 2
(c) Both 1&2
(d) None of the above
Answer: (c)
Related facts:
- On 29 October 2020, 100 potter families in Nanded and Parbhani districts of Maharashtra were distributed electric potter wheels under Kumhar Sashaktikaran Yojana.
- The pottery equipments were distributed to potters belonging to total 15 villages – 10 villages in Nanded and 5 villages in Parbhani districts. The distribution of equipment will benefit at least 400 members of the community.
- Kumhar Sashaktikaran Yojana of KVIC(Khadi and Village Industries Commission ) aims at proper training and distribution of advanced equipment to potter Community and thereby helping them to increase their productivity and income.It was launched in 2018.
- It is the first-of-its-kind initiative taken since independence to strengthen and improve the living of potters in the country.
- Under the scheme, more than 18,000 electric wheels have so far been distributed across the country benefiting nearly 80,000 people of the community.
By-Amar Mani Upadhyay