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Electric potter wheels

  • Posted By
    10Pointer
  • Categories
    Science & Technology
  • Published
    27th Jul, 2020
  • Union Home Minister distributed 100 electric potter wheels recently under KVIC’s Kumar Sashaktikaran Yojana.
  • Their aim is to strengthen the marginalized potters’ community by incorporating technology to improve productivity.
  • Kumbhar Sashaktikaran Program is an initiative of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) for the empowerment of potter’s community in the remotest of locations in the country.
  • The program reaches out to the potters in U.P., M.P., Maharashtra, J&K, Haryana, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Assam, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Telangana and Bihar.
  • The average income of potters under the Kumar Sashaktikaran Yojana has gone up from nearly Rs 3,000 per month to nearly Rs 12,000 per month.

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