PIB | 28 Jan, 2023
Khadi and Village Industries Commission Chairman Manoj
Kumar inaugurated
the Khadi Fest- 23 which will run from January 27 to February 24, 2023
at the KVIC Headquarters in Mumbai in the presence of Vinit Kumar,
Chief Executive Officer, KVIC and other senior officials.
In
his inaugural address Kumar said that KVIC is entrusted with the
responsibility of providing livelihood to the most backward and poor
people of this country.
He said that events and exhibitions like Khadi
Fest provide a platform to the Khadi Institutions, PMEGP and SFURTI
units to market the products of thousands of artisans directly to the
hands of customers. He emphasized on organizing such events in larger
numbers in the other parts of the country as well as abroad.
The KVIC
Chairman said that after the clarion call of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the people of the country to buy Khadi and Village
Industries products, their sales have increased unexpectedly. He
appealed to the nation to fulfill the vision of our Prime Minister Shri
Narendra Modi's dream "Vocal for Local and Local to Global" in to
reality.
The Chairman also motivated the officers and employees of KVIC to
fulfill the responsibility of the upliftment of the poor people living
in the rural. The highest ever sale of Rs more than 12 crore in the
IITF-2022 held in Delhi in the month of November is the live example.
This year on 2nd October, Delhi Outlet of Khadi India has once again set
an all-time new record of Khadi sales in a single day worth Rs 1.34
crore. It is worth mentioning that last year Khadi and village industry
items had record sale of one lakh fifteen thousand crores.
Further, a
sale of Rs. 3.03 crores was recorded in the Khadi Fest-2022 organized in
the month of October 3rd, he added.
He appealed to all to give wide publicity to Khadi Fest and purchase
Khadi and village industry items for respectable earnings of the poor
spinners, weavers, women and artisans of the country.
He congratulated
Ms. Neihunuo Sorhie the Khadi Weaver from Nagaland for her Padma Shri
Award & Sant Kabir Award and Khadi veteran Shri V P Appukuttan
Poduval from Kerala who has also been conferred with Padma Shri.
In
this Khadi Fest, Khadi and Village Industries Institutions, PMEGP units
from various parts of the country affiliated to Khadi and Village
Industries Commission are showcasing their products for exhibit and
sales.
In addition to cotton khadi, khadi silk, pashmina, poly vastra,
patola Silk, kalamkari sarees, kanjivaram silk, light weight soft silk
sarees, tussar silk, fulkari dress materials and other attractive
apparels made of khadi fabrics, madhubani prints, dry fruits, tea,
kahwa, beauty herbal and ayurvedic products, honey products, hand paper
products, home decor products , Bamboo Products, Carpets, Aloe Vera
Products, Leather Products and many other Khadi and Village Industries
products are available .