The Finance Minister Shri P. Chidambaram, who was the Guest of Honor urged in his speech to set aside a small amount of the budget of every Indian to buy at least a khadi product every month to help not only the poor artisans but also to contribute to the employment generation as well. He also released two Commemorative coins of Rs. 5 and Rs. 50.
The Union Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Minister Shri Mahabir Prasad said in his speech that the total value of production in KVI sector amounted to Rs. 14,029 crore in 2006-07 and KVIC has helped to generate an estimated additional employment opportunity to 88.92 lakh persons so far.
He however said that looking to the mass unemployment scenario, much more efforts have to be taken to double the employment opportunities in the XIth Five Year Plan and we have to gear ourselves for accepting this challenge.
The Governor of Maharashtra, Shri S.M. Krishna and the Chairperson of KVIC Ms. Kumud Joshi also spoke on this occasion.
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