Khadi Workers
Turnover crosses Rs 1.5 trn, 1 mn jobs created in FY24: KVIC chairman
Khadi and Village Industries' annual turnover crossed Rs 1.5 lakh crore for the first time in FY 2023-24 with over 10 lakh new jobs generated during the fiscal, its Chairman Manoj Kumar said on Tuesday. According to provisional figures for 2023-24 released by KVIC, a 315 per cent increase in production and a 400 per cent rise in sales were registered in the last 10 years. New employment generation also witnessed an 81 per cent increase during the decade starting from 2013-14. "For the first time, over 10 lakh new jobs were created and our turnover crossed Rs 1.5 lakh crore in 2023-24," Kumar told PTI. Surpassing all previous figures, there has been an increase of almost 400 per cent in sales, nearly 315 per cent in production, and 81 per cent in new employment generation compared to the financial year 2013-14, KVIC stated. KVIC's sales were Rs 1.34 lakh crore in 2022-23. According to KVIC, sales of its products in the last ten financial years of the Modi Government have increased
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Adityanath govt to nurture 'UP Khadi' start-ups and e-commerce
Under the new UP Textile and Garment Policy 2022, the state has announced a host of incentives and subsidies for aggressive offline and online marketing and promotion of Khadi in India and abroad
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Letter to BS: CBSE's Khadi proposal is laudable, can be emulated by others
Khadi, being the heritage fabric of our nation and institutions, pushing forward the idea of using it can truly provide employment opportunities to lakhs of rural artisans
 "Letter to BS: CBSE's Khadi proposal is laudable, can be emulated by others")
Show-cause notice to Khadi workers protesting against Modi image withdrawn
Workers were miffed as Modi replaced Gandhi in Khadi's 2017 diaries, calendars
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