First Khadi notched over a Rs 50,000 crore record sale in 2016 and now government is planning to open Khadi outlets outside India to push products made using the indigenous handspun fabric in the global markets
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UP plans to take-over Khadi industry globally with ‘made-in-UP’ products
UP Khadi & Gramudyog department preparing made-in-UP brand logo; On-boarding e-Commerce giants for global spread of state’s Khadi products
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Arvind Ltd to showcase Khadi Denim globally with KVIC certified mark
Arvind engages rural artisans for hand-spun, woven and dyed Denim collection, plans to buy 1 million metres of Khadi Denim per year
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KVIC signs MoU with NIFT for grass-root level tech support
Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) for design development and training to bring in quality control in fabric and ready-mades. The MoU was inked in the august presence of Union Minister of Tex…
Good news @ NE MSMEs: Assam comes up with Bamboo Technology Park
Assam has come up with a Bamboo Technology Park with an investment is Rs 62.28 crore in Chaygaon in Industrial Growth Centre in the vicinity of Guwahati. Assam Chief Minister inaugurated the park on June 22. The CM said that North East Region accounts for 66 per cent of India’s bamboo. …
Artisans of 13 states display crafts at fair
NAVI MUMBAI: Keeping the festive season in mind, Cidco Urban Haat kicked off a handicraft exhibition from October 26, which will be on till November 6 from 11am to 10pm daily. Over 70 artisans from 13 states are participating in the exhibition, which is organized by the grant-in-aid from Ministry…
Ganesh Natarajan backs Studio Coppre in a boost to copper artisans
IT industry veteran Ganesh Natarajan, who has donned an investor’s hat post his retirement from Zensar, has recently backed Studio Coppre, a Pune-based all-women’s start-up which is working towards the cause of copper artisans in Maharashtra and other parts of the country. Natarajan told that the…
39 Clusters under SFURTI to be approved | Kalraj Mishra
Union MSME Minister Kalraj Mishra highlighted Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries (SFURTI) during a press conference. He said 39 clusters under SFURTI would be approved with an approximate cost of Rs. 60 crores. It would be benefiting more than 10,000 artisans. The Scheme is…