“If you buy Khadi, you light the lamp of prosperity in the house of a poor person”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his first monthly radio address ‘Mann ki Baat’ on October 3, 2014. Two years later, the sapling he had planted, is bearing fruits. Khadi has since become a lifestyle phen…
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Khadi now on PM’s aircraft too
The Air India One, the official carrier of the Prime Minister, has also begun using exclusively Khadi attire for its in-flight staff. Silk sarees, Jodhpuri bandh gala coats, trousers and jackets are being supplied in record time for the PM’s aircraft. Air India has placed a big order for su…
Khadi production has reached Rs. 1065 crore & employed 11.07 lakh people | Arun Kumar Jha, CEO, KVIC
Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi started a movement for Khadi in 1918 as relief programme for the poor living in the villages. Spinning and weaving was elevated to an ideology for self-reliance and self-government. Ever since, Khadi has been a trademark fashion style from common people to pol…
Centre promoting Khadi use by Air India and Railways
To revive the khadi industry, Indian Railways and Air India are being encouraged to use products made up of the fabrics in trains and aeroplanes even as the KVIC’s sales grew 24 per cent in 2015-16, Parliament was informed. “Indian Railways and Air India are being encouraged to use kh…