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The Ministry of MSME set out how coir is being converted from a traditional craft into rural enterprise through the Coir Board and PMEGP.
India is the world's largest coir producer, accounting for more than 80 per cent of global coir fibre production.
Women make up nearly 80 per cent of those engaged in coir fibre extraction and spinning.
The Coir Vikas Yojana supports skilling, technology, research, market promotion, exports and worker welfare.
The Central Coir Research Institute has developed coir rail wheel axle packaging cups as a substitute for HDPE plastic cups.
Umbrella scheme of the Coir Board for development of the coir industry across the country — skilling, technology, research, market access and worker welfare.
Key: Runs through six components: Skill Upgradation and Mahila Coir Yojana, Export Market Promotion, Development of Production Infrastructure, Domestic Market Promotion, Trade and Industry Related Functional Support Services, and Welfare Measure (Group Personal Accident Insurance Scheme).
Generate self-employment by financing new micro-enterprises, including the coir units described in the release.
Key: A central sector credit-linked subsidy scheme launched in 2008-09 by merging the Prime Minister's Rojgar Yojana and the Rural Employment Generation Programme. Administered by the Ministry of MSME and implemented by the Khadi and Village Industries Commission as the single national nodal agency, through State KVIC Directorates, State Khadi and Village Industries Boards, District Industries Centres and banks.
Bring women coir workers into mechanised spinning and raise their earnings, as a component of the Coir Vikas Yojana.
Key: Sits alongside skill upgradation within CVY — relevant because women form about 80 per cent of the fibre extraction and spinning workforce.
Promotes and develops the coir industry through skill development, technology, research, market and export promotion and worker welfare.
The Coir Board's prime research centre; runs its science and technology programmes and develops new coir applications such as packaging substitutes for plastic.
Single national nodal agency implementing PMEGP, the credit-linked subsidy route through which coir micro-enterprises are financed.
Alleppey Coir's GI tag ties a product to the soil, water and craft of one district — the same instrument that protects Darjeeling tea and Kanchipuram silk, and a recurring theme in questions on rural value addition.
CCRI's coir packaging cups replacing HDPE plastic cups put a natural-fibre industry directly into the single-use plastics debate.
The industry is anchored in Kerala's coconut-growing coastal districts, with Alappuzha its historic centre since 1859 and CCRI, the Coir Board headquarters and the GI all located in the state.
GS Paper 3 > Indian Economy > MSME, Rural Industry and Employment
General Awareness > Schemes and Statutory Bodies
Which of the following has/have been accorded 'Geographical Indication' status? 1. Banaras Brocades and Sarees 2. Rajasthani Daal-Bati-Churma 3. Tirupathi Laddu Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Answer: 1 and 3 only
With reference to India, consider the following pairs: I. National Automotive Board : Ministry of Commerce II. Coir Board : Ministry of Heavy Industries III. NCTI : MSME How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?
Answer: None
Statutory boards and their parent ministries appear regularly in Prelims pairing questions
The spongy residue left after coir fibre is extracted from coconut husk; processed into a bio-fertiliser that improves soil fertility and moisture retention.
The Coir Board's umbrella scheme for the coir sector, run through six components covering skilling, infrastructure, markets, exports, support services and worker welfare.
A tag identifying goods as originating from a specific place, with qualities attributable to that origin — held by Alleppey Coir.