The Khadi and Village Industries Commission reports historic high sales of INR 1,87,105 crore in the financial year 2025-26.
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DIMAPUR — The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has set new records in production, sales and employment generation, with sales of Khadi and Village Industries products reaching INR 1,87,105 crore in the financial year 2025-26.
Chairman of KVIC Manoj Kumar released the provisional data for the financial year 2025-26 at the KVIC office at Gandhi Darshan, Rajghat, New Delhi, and stated that the Commission has established new records in the fields of production, sales and employment generation.
According to a DIPR report, he said that compared to 2013-14, a growth of 501 per cent in sales, 380 per cent in production and 56 per cent in employment generation has been recorded over the last 12 years.
Highlighting the growth of previous years, he noted that in the financial year 2024-25, sales grew by 447 per cent and production by 347 per cent in comparison to 2013-14. Similarly, in the financial year 2023-24, a growth of 400 per cent in sales and 315 per cent in production was recorded in comparison to 2013-14.
Kumar stated that this performance by KVIC is accelerating the resolution of 'Viksit Bharat @2047' and making a significant contribution towards positioning India among the world's leading economies.
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He attributed the achievement to the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the inspiration drawn from Mahatma Gandhi and the hard work of millions of artisans working in remote rural areas of the country.
Kumar further informed that while the production of Khadi and Village Industry products remained at INR 26,109 crore in the financial year 2013-14, it surged nearly fivefold, registering a jump of 380 per cent, to reach INR 1,25,296 crore in the financial year 2025-26.
While sales stood at INR 31,154 crore in the financial year 2013-14, it surged nearly sixfold, registering an unprecedented growth of 501 per cent to reach INR 1,87,105 crore in the financial year 2025-26, marking the highest sales figure so far.
Remarkable progress has also been noted in the Khadi textiles sector. Production, which stood at INR 811 crore in 2013-14, rose to INR 3,974 crore in the financial year 2025-26, marking an increase of approximately 390 per cent.
Simultaneously, sales increased from INR 1,081 crore to INR 7,869 crore, reflecting a growth of approximately 628 per cent.
Substantial progress has also been witnessed in the village industries sector. While the production of village industry products was INR 25,298 crore in 2013-14, it grew to INR 1,21,322 crore in the financial year 2025-26, an increase of approximately 380 per cent.
Similarly, sales increased from INR 30,073 crore to INR 1,79,236 crore, reflecting a growth of approximately 496 per cent.
The village industries sector has also made a significant contribution to employment generation. While 1.19 crore people were employed in this sector in 2013-14, the figure increased to nearly 1.99 crore in the financial year 2025-26, highlighting the sector's growing role in creating rural livelihoods.
Cumulative employment in activities related to Khadi and Village Industries stood at 1.30 crore in 2013-14 and increased to 2.04 crore in the financial year 2025-26, marking a growth of 56 per cent.
Under the Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), 66,494 new units were established during the financial year 2025-26. For these units, a margin money subsidy of INR 2,457 crore was disbursed against loans amounting to INR 7,375 crore.
Through these units, employment opportunities were provided to 7,31,434 people.
Since the start of the scheme, a total of 10,84,679 units have been established, for which a margin money subsidy of INR 29,623 crore has been disbursed against loans totalling INR 80,705 crore.
Through this initiative, employment has been provided to approximately 97.95 lakh people to date.
Under the Gramodyog Vikas Yojana, 51,230 electric pottery wheels; 2,46,099 bee-boxes and bee colonies; 2,674 automatic and pedal-operated Agarbatti manufacturing machines; 7,669 footwear manufacturing and repair toolkits; 836 paper plate and dona making machines; 7,571 toolkits for AC repair, mobile repair, tailoring, electricians and plumbers; 5,138 machines for turnwood, waste wood crafts and wooden toy making; and 1,789 machines for palm jaggery, Oil Ghani extraction and tamarind processing have been distributed so far.
During the financial year 2025-26, 37,769 machines, toolkits and equipment were distributed under this scheme.
A review of the last four years indicated that 21,874 units were distributed in 2022-23, 29,540 in FY 2023-24, 38,904 in FY 2024-25 and 37,769 machines and equipment in FY 2025-26.
Under the Gramodyog Vikas Yojana, KVIC has so far distributed a total of 3,23,006 machines, toolkits and equipment.
KVIC has also played a vital role in women empowerment. During the financial year 2025-26, 79,682 trainees received training under various KVIC training programmes, of which 47,382 were women, accounting for approximately 59 per cent of the total.
Furthermore, under the PMEGP scheme, 28,180 women entrepreneurs established business units during 2025-26, generating employment opportunities for 3,09,980 women.
According to the update, with women constituting over 80 per cent of the approximately 5,00,000 artisans in the Khadi sector, this domain serves as an effective vehicle for women-led economic empowerment.
There has also been an increase in the remuneration paid to artisans, from INR 4 per hank in 2013-14 to the current rate of INR 15 per hank, marking an increase of approximately 275 per cent.
Government procurement of Khadi and Village Industries products has increased to INR 92.08 crore. Similarly, sales amounting to INR 30.83 crore were recorded through exhibitions and marketing initiatives for Khadi products.
Additionally, there has been an increase in the sales of National Flag, rising from INR 0.87 crore in 2013-14 to INR 2.35 crore in the financial year 2025-26.
The update stated that this growth reflects the impact of mass campaigns such as ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ in the country, as well as increasing public engagement with Khadi.