Coir Kerala 2017, an international event on coir and natural fibre products, will be held at the EMS stadium here from October 5 to 9. The event, the seventh in a series of annual fairs, is being organised by the Directorate of Coir Development with the support of the Union Ministry of …
Tag: Mahatma Gandhi
Mann Ki Baat: Khadi is not a fabric, it is an idea; PM pitches to popularise it
Using his Maan ki Baat platform which had just turned 3 years, Narendra Modi urged the people of the country to buy Khadi garments on Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary.
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PM Modi meets 200 young CEOs, asks to make India’s development a mass movement
Addressing 200 young CEOs, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 22 said that welfare of the people and the happiness of citizens is supreme for the government. “In Government, the welfare of the people and the happiness of citizens is supreme,” PM Modi was quoted as saying on his Twit…
#Freedom@70: Journey of Khadi from independence symbol to international brand
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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To take Khadi abroad, govt writes to UN refugee agency
After aggressively pushing khadi at home, the Modi government wants to take the homespun cotton abroad. The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), has written to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to use the traditional fabric in its field operations and camps. “Th…
Amit Shah unveils 12-feet tall Charkha & inaugurates heritage museum in Delhi
New Delhi: BJP President Amit Shah has unveiled a 12-feet tall and 25-feet long steel Charkha and inaugurated a heritage Charkha Museum at Palika Bazar Park in Connaught Place here. Undeterred by heavy downpour just before the programme was about the start, which partially washed out the arrange…
Khadi: A way forward to green & clean India
The single-most important challenge that humanity is facing nowadays is the need for economic development within ecological limits. Humanity must live within clear planetary boundaries to attain sustainability in the long run that can trigger off economic activity and validate economic output. Kh…
केवीआईसी के कैलेंडर पर मोदी की तस्वीर से दो खेमों में बंटा खादी ग्रामोद्योग
खादी ग्रामोद्योग आयोग के वर्ष 2017 की डायरी पर छपे प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी की तस्वीर छपने के बाद राजनीति सरगर्मी बढ़ गयी थी। कई लोगों ने इसे एक अच्चा कदम बताया तो वहीँ विपक्ष ने सरकार पर महात्मा गांधी का अपमान करने के आरोप लगाए थे। अब तस्वीर को लेकर खादी ग्रामोद्योग के कर्मचारी दो […]
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This time it’s Modi in place of Gandhi weaving Khadi on KVIC’s calendar
Mumbai: In a bid to promote Khadi across India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has modelled for the 2017 wall calendar and table diary published by the Khadi Village Industries Commission (KVIC), replacing Mahatma Gandhi. Most employees and officials were pleasantly surprised to see the cover phot…
गांधीजी की जगह अब मोदी की फोटो नजर आएगी केवीआईसी के साल 2017 के कैलेंडर पर
मुंबई: खादी विलेज इंडस्ट्रीज कमीशन (केवीआईसी) द्वारा प्रकाशित साल 2017 के कैलेंडर और टेबल डायरी में अब गांधी जी की जगह प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी दिखायी देंगे। अधिकांश अधिकारी और कर्मचारी भी 12 जनवरी को जारी हुए कैलेंडर और डायरी पर गांधी जी की कवर फोटो की जगह पीएम मोदी की तस्वीर उन्हीं के अंदाज …