✅Launched: March 2020.
✅Ministry: Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME)
✅Objective: assisting and developing of agarbatti industry and its artisans.
✅The programme aims to enhance the production of ‘Agarbatti’ in the country.
✅It aims to create sustainable employment for the traditional Artisans, by providing them with regular employment and an increase in their wages.

Components of the Yojana:-

✅Research & Development and Product Innovation: R&D support would be given to the institutions that intend to carry out product development, new innovations, design development, product diversification processes, etc.
✅Capacity Building: exclusive capacity building of staff, as well as the artisans, would be adequately addressed through the existing Multidisciplinary Training Centers (MDTCs) and institutions of excellence.
✅Marketing & Publicity: The institutions will be provided market support