President Kovind to Launch Solar Charkha Mission on 27 June

The Solar Charkha mission has been approved by the government … As of now, the government has approved Rs 550 crore of subsidy for around 50 clusters. Every cluster will have between 400 to 2,000 artisans.

Announcing the date for launch of the new solar scheme by President Ram Nath Kovind, Union Minister Giriraj Singh said that President will launch Solar Charkha Mission on June 27 which will entail a subsidy of Rs 550 crore in the initial two years for 50 clusters.

The scheme also aims at linking five crore women across the country to the initiative, the minister said.

Singh while addressing a press conference said, “We are going to launch a new scheme called the Solar Charkha Mission on 27 June. The objective is to link 5 crore women to this initiative. We will also link it to self-help groups.”

The mission is expected to create one lakh jobs during the first two years, MSME Secretary AK Panda said.

“The Solar Charkha mission has been approved by the government … As of now, the government has approved Rs 550 crore of subsidy for around 50 clusters. Every cluster will have between 400 to 2,000 artisans,” Panda said.

According to him, investment up to Rs 10,000 crore is expected only in the micro enterprises sector in the current fiscal through subsidy as well as the credit component in the Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme.

Out of 1.14 lakh crore enterprises registered under GST, 7 lakh are large enterprises, whereas 1.07 crore MSMEs are registered, the secretary added.