New Delhi

Sales of Khadi and Village Industries products reached a historic level of Rs 1,87,105 crore in 2025-26, the highest-ever sales figure, the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) said on Tuesday.

Sales during the previous financial year 2024-25 stood at Rs 1,70,551.37 crore, and have surged multi-fold from Rs 31,154 crore in 2013-14.

Addressing a press conference, KVIC Chairman Manoj Kumar expressed confidence that sales of KVIC products will cross Rs 2.51 lakh crore in 2026-27.

He informed that while the production of Khadi and Village Industry products remained at Rs 26,109 crore in the financial year 2013-14, it surged nearly five-fold, registering a jump of 380 per cent, to reach Rs 1,25,296 crore in the financial year 2025-26.

While cumulative employment in activities related to Khadi and Village Industries stood at 1.30 crore in the year 2013-14, it has augmented to 2.04 crore in the financial year 2025-26, marking a growth of 56 per cent, thereby highlighting KVIC's vital role in generating rural livelihoods, KVIC stated.

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Under the Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), 66,494 new units were established during the financial year 2025-26 and for these units, a margin money subsidy of Rs 2,457 crore was disbursed against loans amounting to Rs 7,375 crore.

Through these units, employment opportunities were provided to 7,31,434 people, KVIC stated.