On the occasion of the 70th birthday of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) launched Project DIGNITea in Delhi. Members of Parliament Meenakshi Lekhi and Arun Kumar distributed 6 innovative cycle-mounted tea/coffee selling units to unemployed youth.
Each cycle-mounted tea/coffee selling unit costs Rs 18,000 and has the provision for gas stove, gas cylinder, an umbrella, utensils and separate containers to keep tea, sugar, cups and snacks properly. The KVIC also distributed 17 such units in different cities like Varanasi, Jaipur and Chandigarh.
Arun Singh lauded this initiative of KVIC saying it was conceived keeping in view the welfare of the poor. Lekhi also said this KVIC initiative will enable poor to earn their livelihood with dignity.
KVIC Chairman Vinai Kumar Saxena said the cycle-mounted tea/coffee selling unit is an innovative and cost-effective way of creating sustainable self-employment and distribution of these units aims at extending the benefit of welfare schemes to the poorest of the poor. “These cycle units are well equipped. It has been designed keeping in mind the logistical requirements and hygiene while selling tea/coffee to public,” Saxena stated.
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