Government promotes Khadi products! The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) launched its in-house developed, single-umbrella e-marketing system named Khadi Institution
Management and Information System (KIMIS) in New Delhi.
- The system can be accessed from anywhere in the country for sale and purchase of Khadi and Village Industries products.
What is Khadi Institution Management and Information System (KIMIS)?
- KIMIS will serve as in-house single umbrella billing software for sale and purchase that could be monitored, round-the-clock, from any part of India.
- It has been developed by KVIC IT team.
- It will give real-time data of sales and also give updated status of stocks of khadi bhawans and godowns, allowing better planning and control of inventory.
- 480 Khadi institutions and showrooms of KVIC will be linked with this billing software.
- The software will be useful in raising demand and supply of goods in high demand.
Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC)?
- KVIC is a statutory body formed under the Khadi and Village Industries Commission Act, 1956.
- It is an apex organization under the aegis of Union Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
What are the functions of KVIC?
- It plans, promotes, organizes and implements programmes for development of Khadi and village industries in rural areas.
- It creates and manages reserves of raw materials and supplies them to producers, creating common service facilities for processing of raw material and semi-finished goods.
- It promotes sales and marketing of Khadi Products.
- It also encourages and promotes research in production techniques and equipments in Khadi Industries.
