Tag: Khadi

Bollywood star Akshay Kumar promotes Ritu Beri’s Khadi line

On the eve of Gandhi Jayanti, Central Government has decided to make superstar Akshay Kumar as the new face of Khadi. He will be promoting the new clothesline made by well known designer Ritu Beri titled Khadi Vichar Vastra. Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) confirmed the news…

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…

Bihar to go for branding of khadi

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on September 24 said that Bihar government would go for branding of finer quality of Khadi clothes made in the state to attract the “newer generation” through designer garments made of it. He said this at a function to mark the ‘Rashtriya Charkha Diwas’ in Patna in a b…

TN unveils new schemes for handloom, textile, khadi industries

Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu J Jayalalithaa has unveiled new schemes for handloom, handicraft, textile and khadi industries. She said the six cooperative mills in the State, modernised at 175.23 crore, manufacture threads for the government’s free dhoti and saree scheme and free uniform scheme to…

Thrust on MSME sector for creating job opportunities: Amit Shah

BJP President Amit Shah, who was in the city on August 19, 2016  for a ground-breaking ceremony of the MSME Development Institute in Ahmedabad, said that post-independence the BJP government took a “holistic view” of industries and framed policies for “Khadi” as well as for big companies in India…

A riot of colors & weaves at 2nd National Handloom Day Expo

From Kashmiri Pashmina to South Silk, Banarasi Silk Saree and West Bengal Handloom to Lucknow Chikankari and Khadi – everything was at display at Handloom Expo organised by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) and FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) to celebrate Nati…

KVIC to supply 23,500 silk jackets worth Rs 5.34 crore to NTPC

Khadi and Village Industries Commission, which has been on an aggressive campaign to promote the Khadi brand in the country and abroad from the past 8 months has bagged an order of supplying silk jackets to the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC). The power major has placed an order for wor…

Kalraj Mishra unveils world’s largest ‘Charkha’ at IGI Airport

New Delhi, July 5: World’s largest Charkha (spinning wheels) was unveiled today by Kalraj Mishra, Union Minister for MSME at the Terminal 3 of IGI Airport Delhi. The idea behind displaying the world’s biggest charkha at the country’s “busiest airport” is to highlight India’s quest to foster an eg…