<span style="color: #222222;">MSME Minister Nitin Gadkari has approved a unique employment generation program proposed by Khadi and Village Industries Commission, KVIC to make India Atma Nirbhar in Agarbatti production. The program named as Khadi Agarbatti Atma Nirbhar Mission aims at creating employment for unemployed and migrant workers in different parts of the country. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The pilot project will be launched soon and upon full-fledged implementation of the project, thousands of jobs will be created in the Agarbatti industry.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Under the scheme, KVIC will provide Automatic Agarbatti making machines and powder mixing machines to the artisans through the successful private Agarbatti manufacturers who will sign the agreement as business partners. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">KVIC has decided to procure only locally made machines by Indian manufacturers which also aims at encouraging local production. KVIC will provide a 25 per cent subsidy on the cost of the machines and will recover the remaining 75 per cent of the cost from the artisans in easy installments every month.</span><br />