Khadi

Khadi means handspun and handwoven cloth. In 1918 Mahatma Gandhi started his movement for Khadi as relief programme for the poor masses living in India’s villages.
Spinning and weaving was elevated to an ideology for self-reliance and self government. Every village shall plant and harvest its own raw-materials for yarn, every woman and man shall engage in spinning and every village shall weave whatever is needed for its own use.
It was for economic, cultural and social reasons and not merely political reasons that Gandhi established the Khadi Movement. In 1934-35 he expanded the idea from helping the poor individual to self-reliance of whole villages.
In 1942-43 he had sessions with workers groups and village organizers to re-organize the whole programme on a bigger country-wide scale.

The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) is a statutory body under the Khadi and Village Industries Commission Act of 1956.
It functions under the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
The broad objectives that the KVIC has set before them are.

The social objective of providing employment.
The economic objective of producing saleable articles.
The wider objective of creating self-reliance amongst the poor and building up of a strong rural community spirit

Mission Solar Charkha is a Ministry of Micro Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) initiative(implemented by KVIC). The objectives are:

To ensure inclusive growth by generation of employment, especially for women and youth, and sustainable development through solar charkha clusters in rural areas.
To boost the rural economy and help in arresting migration from rural to urban areas.
To leverage low-cost, innovative technologies and processes for sustenance

KVIC e-portal for Khadi organisations aids artisans in marketing and selling their KVI products all across India.
Under the Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries(SFURTI), KVIC is responsible for creating Khadi manufacturing clusters

The Prime Minister emphasised on using Khadi products in day-to-day life to help the local industry and artisans whose livelihood depends on it.

References

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/pm-modi-attends-khadi-utsav-event-in-ahmedabad/article65819376.ece

https://www.mkgandhi.org/swadeshi_khadi/whatiskhadi.htm

https://www.kvic.gov.in/aboutkvic.php

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