Govt announces rebate on khadi and related items

New Delhi, Apr 19: The Government has sanctioned the payment of normal rebate as well as special rebate on Khadi and related items for the year 2006-07.

The rebate shall be allowed only at the sales centres run by the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), the Khadi and Village Industries Boards (KVIB) and also at the sales counters run by registered institutions which are engaged in the production of Khadi/Polyvastra, an official release said today.

The rebate will be paid to Government Departments, Undertakings, Cooperatives and other autonomous bodies under the administrative control of the State Governments or the Central Government.

The trading institutions which are engaged only in the marketing of khadi would be given the rebate after being subjected to an audit, the release added.

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