Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has registered a robust 15.7 per cent growth in sales to cross a record Rs 1.55 lakh crore and created a staggering 10.17 lakh new jobs in rural areas during the financial year 2023-24, according to official figures released on Tuesday.
Addressing the program, Manoj Kumar said that this initiative of DD News and Khadi India will also send a message to those who do not want to wear Khadi.
Ambassadors saw the live demonstration of yarn spinning on charkha, clay pottery making, Incense sticks (Agarbatti) and handmade paper making while they also visited several other stalls displaying the finest handcrafted Khadi fabric.
“Since October 2016, one-day sales at Khadi India’s flagship outlet in Connaught Place has crossed Rs 1 crore mark on several occasions,” stated KVIC.
Speaking at an event, 'Khadi Utsav', in Ahmedabad on Saturday, Modi recalled how the mission khadi was close to the heart of Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi.
The commission has also recommended use of soaps, hand-wash, phenyl etc manufactured by medium and small enterprises, under the KVIC.
Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) for the first time, has posted a turnover of Rs 1.15 lakh crore, which is unprecedented by any FMCG company in the country. This makes KVIC the only company in the country to have recorded a turnover of Rs 1 lakh crore.
In March this year, Patagonia, through textile giant Arvind Mills, placed an order for purchasing 17,050 meters of Khadi Denim fabric worth nearly Rs 80 lakh from Udyog Bharti, a Rajkot-based Khadi Institution in Gujarat.
Devotees, as well as the temple workers, can use these slippers, which are nominally priced at Rs 50 per pair.
US-based world’s leading fashion brand, Patagonia, is now using handcrafted Khadi Denim fabric for making Denim apparels. Patagonia, through textile major Arvind Mills, has purchased nearly 30,000 meters of Khadi Denim Fabric worth Rs 1.08 crore from Gujarat.
