coirboard.gov.in Coir Vikas Yojana : Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises

Organisation : Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
Scheme Name : Coir Vikas Yojana
Applicable For : Entrepreneur
Website : http://coirboard.gov.in/
Terms & Conditions : https://www.statusin.in/uploads/24906-CVJ.pdf

Coir Vikas Yojana

The Scheme “Coir Vikas Yojana‟ earlier it was known as Coir Plan (General) Scheme which provides development of domestic and export markets, skill development and training, empowerment of women, employment / entrepreneurship creation and development,

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enhanced rawmaterial utilization, trade related services, welfare activities for the coir workers, etc.
The scheme has the following components during the 12th Plan :
1. Skill Upgradation and Mahila Coir Yojana(MCY)
2. Export Market Promotion (EMP)

3. Development of Production Infrastructure (DPI)
4. Domestic Market Promotion (DMP)
5. Trade and Industry Related Functional Support Services (TIRFSS)
6. Welfare Measure (Group Personal Accident Insurance Scheme)

Operational Guidelines For The Implementation Of Skill Upgradation & Mahila Coir Yojana Scheme :
1. Introduction :
1.1 The Coir Industry is a labour intensive and export oriented industry employing more than seven lakh workers predominantly women.

The decentralized operations in the coir industry without adequate training of spinners, weavers and artisans engaged in value added product manufacturing have been posing problems particularly for ensuring the desired level of quality in the ultimate products.

Inferior quality may ultimately turnout to be detrimental to the concerted efforts towards overall development of the industry and also its survival, particularly it being a traditional product, in the present context of unprecedented competition on account of cheap synthetic substitutes, globalization and liberalization.

Skill development is, therefore, the most essential pre-requisite for the overall development of the industry and to accelerate the spread of the industry into non-traditional areas.

1.2 Development of skilled manpower in coir industry through appropriate training programmes is one of the major activities of the Coir Board.

Continuous improvement in the quality of certain products is essential to sustain the demand for coir products and also for improvement in prospects of coir products in a world, which is becoming more and more quality conscious.

In order to achieve the above objectives, the Board has been organizing, quality improvement camps and entrepreneurship development programmes.

1.3 80% of the workers employed in coir industry are women, particularly in the pre-product sectors. Mahila Coir Yojana (MCY) is the first woman oriented self-employment scheme implemented by the Coir Board since 1994.

The scheme envisages provision of subsidy of 75% of the cost for purchase of ratts / machineries to the trained women artisans.

1.4 Training and quality improvement programmes including MCY are part of ongoing central sector scheme and for its continuation from XI to XII Plan, it has been got evaluated through independent agency.

Based on the recommendations in the Evaluation Report and keeping in view the growing demand of skilled manpower, some parameters of the existing scheme have been modified.

Details of the plan scheme „Skill Upgradation & Mahila Coir Yojana Scheme‟ to be implemented during remaining years of XII Plan are given in subsequent paras.

2. The Scheme :
2.1 The Scheme, “Skill Upgradation & Mahila Coir Yojana” consists of two distinct components. Viz.
(a) Skill Upgradation,

(b) Mahila Coir Yojana The Objectives of the scheme are to :
** train personnel in the cadres of Supervisors/ Instructors/ Artisans and to meet the requirement of skilled man power for the development of coir industry.

** help in transfer of technology to non-traditional areas through development of skill of coir workers.
** provide coir yarn spinning ratts, coir processing equipments, machinery items, etc. with a subsidy of 75% under Mahila Coir Yojana.

** provide self employment to rural woman artisans in regions producing coir fibre and enabling them to get better returns through improvement of productivity and quality.

Providing them with a better work environment and elimination of drudgery involved in the traditional methods of spinning and product manufacturing.

** encourage new entrepreneurs both in traditional and non-traditional areas under Entrepreneurship Development Programmes to venture into coir industry and trade and thereby accelerate the development of the industry in the existing and new areas.

** aim at inculcating quality consciousness among the workers at grass root level and to educate them on proper methods of producing standard quality fibre, yarn and products.

** create awareness among the coconut growers, entrepreneurs etc. to set up coir based units and to modernize the existing units for better productivity, quality and also enhance earnings.

** contribute to generate employment in rural areas of the coconut producing States