Khadi sales have jumped after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call last October advocating the need for use of such products, micro small and medium enterprises (MSME) minister Kalraj Mishra has said, according to media reports. "Khadi ...
Tags: textile manufacture, textile sales
Indian government has decided to set up 800 SFURTI (Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries) clusters with an investment of Rs 850 crore by March 2017 to boost khadi and village industries, according to media reports. ...
Indian Government and the country’s apex organisation dedicated to rural industries - Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) - are trying to cancel the Khadi trademark registration in European Union. According to media ...
Sales at Khadi Gramudyog Bhawan, New Delhi have zoomed 125 per cent in October compared to sales in the same period last year, according to a statement from the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. “This follows a call ...
Tags: Khadi Sales, Textile
The production and sales of khadi, a handwoven cloth, have grown during the last three years. In 2011-12, 887.32 lakh square metres of khadi cloth was produced, generating sales value of Rs 967.87 crore, with cumulative employment of ...
Tags: handwoven cloth, storage battery, Textile
Handloom weavers in India, under the banner of the All-India Federation of Handloom Organizations, will hold ‘Banashankari yatra’ against the mechanization of handlooms in the country. Speaking at a press conference, P ...
The government of the southern Indian state of Kerala is planning to increase the sales of Khadi products to Rs. 1 billion in 2013. Mr. CN Balakrishnan, Minister of the Kerala Khadi and Village Industries Board, announced after ...
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Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) implements a number of schemes that provides large scale employment especially in rural areas of the country. Although there is no such target specifically set for the current year, cumulative ...
The Government has established a statutory body named the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) for the holistic development and promotion of khadi and village industries in the country. KVIC implements a number of schemes for ...
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Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) together with Mahatma Gandhi Institute for Rural Industrialization(MGIRI) have taken a number of steps in research and development for promotion of khadi and its products which include ...
Tags: KVIC, MGIRI, Khadi Textile Products
A Standing Committee on Industries and Commerce of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council has mooted the idea of launching a Silk Mission, on the lines of the Horticulture Mission, in the state. The Committee, headed by Mr. Ravinder ...
Tags: Committee, Silk Mission, J&K
Khadi Utsav 2013 - the annual month long fair took off on grand scale in Ahmedabad. The event was inaugurated by Shri Devendra Desai, Chairman, Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) in presence of Mr Saurabh Patel, Minister ...
Tags: textiles, clothing, Khadi Utsav
The Jammu & Kashmir Minister for Industries and Commerce, Mr. SS Slathia has suggested establishment of a wool bank in the state to ensure availability of reasonably priced wool and Pashmina to khadi institutions, weavers, spinners and ...
Tags: J&K, wool bank, weaving looms, workers
The Government of India has released Rs. 12.76 billion in the current fiscal year 2012-13 to support 53,826 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) projects, including those belonging to textile and garment industry, which is likely to ...
The Ministry of Micro,Small and Medium Enterprises provides marketing facilities for khadi and village industries(KVI)products including products of cottage industries through KVI sales outlets of Khadi and Village Industries ...