AGARTALA, March 16 (TIWN): KVIC and TKVIB organized State level PMEGP exhibition at Red lotus Club, near Press Club Agartala.

Self help beneficiaries participated in that exhibition. Tripura Industry Minister Tapan Chakraborty inaugurated the programme and motivated the participants to boost garment production.

The self help beneficiaries are working under Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP). PMEGP has been announced on 15th August,2008 and launched in place of REGP Scheme. Exclusive website for PMEGP Scheme has also been launched on 24th Septemebr,2008.

Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) is a credit linked subsidy programme of Government of India. It has been introduced by merging the two schemes, namely, Prime Minister’s Rojgar Yojana (PMRY) and Rural Employment Generation Programme (REGP). The scheme was launched on 15th August, 2008.

It’s worthy to mention here that Khadi or Khaddar is a term for handspun and hand-woven cloth from India, Bangladesh and Pakistan mainly made out of cotton. The cloth is usually woven from cotton and may also include silk, or wool, which are all spun into yarn on a spinning wheel called a charkha.