To this day, Khadi remains a big symbol of national freedom and of indigenous cloth. (Image: Twitter/Chairman KVIC) Khadi products in India: Khadi is set to get a boost in India! On the occasion of Independence Day 2021, Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) under the Government of India tied up with Indian Oil, and … Read more
The move to procure cloth for uniforms of students of the ministry’s flagship ERMS or Eklavya Model Residential Schools was done as a part of revamping of the programme. Tribal entrepreneurship: In order to promote tribal entrepreneurship, the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs has entered into two MoUs with the Khadi Village Industries Commission (KVIC) … Read more
Khadi. Representational image Amid COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, Khadi activities got a major push with a huge purchase order worth Rs 48.90 crore from the Indian Railways. The railways purchased Khadi goods worth Rs 8.48 crore in December 2020 alone, substantially creating employment and income for Khadi artisans during the testing times of Covid-19, the … Read more
The paint has been launched in two variants. (Image: KVIC) Cow dung paint in India: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari recently launched ‘Khadi Prakritik Paint’, a paint made out of cow dung. Developed by the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), the paint is being claimed to be non-toxic, having anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties, as well … Read more
New Delhi: Fighting hard to ‘protect’ its brand name from rampant misrepresentation, government owned ‘Khadi India’ has shot off legal notices to over a thousand firms and has now got hundreds of web links selling ‘khadi’ products across e-commerce platforms pulled off. Amazon, Flipkart, and Snapdeal among others have taken down over 160 such web … Read more