Khadi and Village Industries Commission

JHARGRAM KHADI AND VILLAGE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION

(WEST BENGAL KHADI AND V.I BOARD)

DOCUMENT ON 15 DAYS INTERNSHIP

ANWESA KUILA (NIFT, CHENNAI)

SIDDHARTH JHA (NIFT, CHENNAI)
PRABIR KUMAR DAS (NIFT, CHENNAI)
 About the Industry

The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) is a statutory body formed by

the Government of India, under the Act of Parliament, Khadi and Village Industries
Commission Act of 1956. It is an apex organization under the Ministry of Micro,
Small and Medium Enterprises, with regard to khadi and village industries within
India, which seeks to - "plan, promote, facilitate, organize and assist in the
establishment and development of khadi and village industries in the rural areas in
coordination with other agencies engaged in rural development wherever
necessary. 
In April 1957, it took over the work of former All India Khadi and
Village Industries Board. The First Director of KVIC was Late Sardar KA
Venkataramaiya, a veteran freedom fighter from Karnataka. Its head office is based
in Mumbai but challenged by Naresh Kadyan, Secretary General, National KVIB
Employees Federation, to shift HQ to Delhi, whereas its six zonal offices
in Delhi, Bhopal, Bangalore, Kolkata, Mumbai and Guwahati. Other than its zonal
offices, it has offices in 29 states for the implementation of its various programmes
Objectives of the commission
The Commission has three main objectives which guide its functioning.
These are -
 The Social Objective - Providing employment in rural areas
 The Economic Objective - Providing saleable articles
 The Wider Objective - Creating self-reliance amongst people
and building up a strong rural community spirit.

The commission seeks to achieve these objectives by implementing and

monitoring various schemes and programs.
JHARGRAM KHADI AND VILLAGE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION
THE WEST BENGAL KHADI & VILLAGE INDUSTRIES BOARD IS A
STATUTORY BODY ESTABLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL UNDER
WEST BENGAL KHADI & VILLAGE INDUSTRIES BOARD Act – XIV of 1959 AND TOOK
OVER THE CHARGES FROM ERSTWHILE ADVISORY BOARD ON 1STAPRIL, 1960 AND
STARTED FUNCTIONING. IT IS AN ORGANISATION UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF
MICRO & SMALL SCALE ENTERPRISES & TEXTILES, GOVT. OF WEST BENGAL.
ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE
1.Head Office : 1 No
2.District Offices :18 No
3.Production Centers Existing & Working i).
Khadi - 5 No ii). V.I. (Hand Made Paper
Centre) - 2 No
4.Departmental Marketing Outlets (GRAMIN)
- 10 No
5.Departmental Stores & Go-down - 4 No
6.Assisted & working Units:
i) Institutions: a) Assisted - 1044 No  b)
Working - 177 No
ii)Co-operatives: a) Assisted - 330 No  b)
Working - 64 No
iii)Individuals: a) Assisted - 125712 No b)
Working - 64 No
iv)Self Help Group a) Assisted - 1282 No  b)
Working - 1181 No
 
Yarn preparation
• At kvic jhargaram garments are produed are
likes of mushlin , sil and cotton
• The organization ensures the complete process
right from the yarn to the packaging involves
human resource .
• The silk yarn extraction and preparation is
situated at gobindabhalabhpur
• Where as the cotton yarn facility is situated at
jhargram as well as gobindabhalabhpur
• The cotton prodused here are of baciacally 3
types 100 count 120 and 150.
• Where as in silk there are main silk yarn as
primary product and secondary ketia yarn is
also extracted as a bi product
Preparatory process

• Further the yarn are gone for

post treatment
• Where the are made into hanks
so that it can made into warp
beams
• And further the weave plan can
be developed on the same .
preparatory process and weave plan

• The yarns are go through sizing process so

that it can gain some required strength
• Thereafter they are transferred into reels

• Where as In the case silk the yarn are

processed further to gaib the required
strenghth
weaving

• After finishing of yarn preparatory

process the yarn are made into warp
beams
• Then through shedding the weave plan
of the design is developed

• Once the weave plan is done

• Weavers starts weaving garments from
yarns
• There weaving is done following motion
• Shedding picking beatup let off take up.
Pattern cutting
• After weaving the fabric is
gone to pattern master

• Wo develops pattern on the

garment .

• After development of
pattern the fabic is gone for
stiching .
Garment stitching and fusing

• Once fabic cutting is done .

• Fabric is transferred to
stiching department

• Where various stiching

operation takes place .
Attachements of trims

• After stiching of garment

• Garment are further taken into

trims deparment

• Where various strims such as

chains and buton are attached
to garment
Testing and q&a

Kvic insures the all product are

of good quality and are
genuine khadi

For that they test

• yarn count
• Fabric gsm
• Tear strength
• Fastness
• etc
Ironing branding and packaging

• Once Q&A is done .

• Garment is gone for

packaging and branding

• Where works packs the

garment accordingly
Shipment and retail
• When packaging is done

• Kvic ships its garments to khadi

india outlate

• Where it is available on a
affordable price so that every
one can afford sustanible
clothing .
Miscellanious

• We also met a tashar sarre weaver

• The silk weaver has a national medal

in handicrafts

• He is practicing the same from past

50 years .

• It tooks 6 to 7 days to finish one silk

saree .