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Rural Women Employment through Khadi

Rural Women Employment through Khadi
Start Date :
Feb 01, 2015
Last Date :
Apr 01, 2015
00:00 AM IST (GMT +5.30 Hrs)
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Khadi is not merely a piece of cloth. It is a philosophy. A way of life. A symbol of empowerment, self-dependence, pride of history, Mahatma Gandhi’s vision of the relevance of ...

Khadi is not merely a piece of cloth. It is a philosophy. A way of life. A symbol of empowerment, self-dependence, pride of history, Mahatma Gandhi’s vision of the relevance of roots.

As Hon’ble PM Narendra Modi on his radio program “Mann ki Baat” on 3rd October, 2014 said that “we must promote the use of Khadi and we should buy at least one Khadi article. If you buy Khadi, you light the lamp of prosperity in the house of the poor”.This appealled to an increase in Khadi sales by 125% at the various outlets in India. This reflects a latent demand for Khadi, which needs to tapped which in turn will create rural employment. Potential consumers of Khadi could be schools, hospitals, Railways, PSUs, Army, Para-military forces, Fashion houses etc.

USP of the Khadi product is its eco-friendly, almost carbon neutral nature, which leaves near zero water footprints. It is socio-economically sustainable textile product. It’s an all-weather and allergy free fabric. Hence, Khadi use is a step towards ‘Zero Effect’ and ‘Zero Poverty’ India.

Currently, people employed in Khadi sector are earning Rs.1200 to Rs.1800 per month. MGIRI Wardha has developed a Solar Charkha which can increase the earnings to four times the existing one, cutting the drudgery along.Taking the initiative forward, MoMSME is going to start a pilot project in the KHANWA village, Nawada district of Bihar, where 100 Solar Charkhas would be distributed to the rural women for spinning of yarn. Under buyback arrangement with ‘Gram Nirmaan Mandal, Khadi Sansthan, GAYA, these yarns would be weaved into Khadi products. This scheme islikely to provide Rs.5000 to 8000 per month to the women artisans.This model of wage earnings to the rural women has to be scaled up so as to achieve the visionary goal of providing job opportunities to crores of rural women in coming years.

This, in turn is expected to lay a platform for another visionary goal of increasing the market share of Khadi in the textile sector from present 0.4% to 5% in next Five years in first phase.

In pursuance of the above twin visionary goals, you are requested to give your valuable inputs on

1. How to enhance the production and sale of Khadi?
2. How to create a niche for Khadi products particularly among youths and about 2.5 crore NRIs living abroad?
3. How to foster awareness about Khadi products?

The last date for submission of your comments is 31st March, 2015.

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ovgnanaprakash@gmail.com
o v gnana prakash 9 years 7 months ago

schools should compulsory have khadi cloths as their uniform material. teachers should educate children about the importance and the back work in it. encouragement from parents should give a boost. all schools irrespective public or private should follow and give a big hand for upliftment to khadi industry.

mapara_pritesh@yahoo.com
Pritesh Mapara 9 years 9 months ago

We should sale our Khadi products online.
Thats the best way in current scene.
I bought khaadi shirt after asking five people where is khadi bhandar.
If #Khadi Online is a portal.. Anyone cam buy easily..

rita_akm@rediffmail.com
arun mishra 10 years 2 months ago

there is no need of khadi for the struggle . Khadi is a symbol of congress or leader .
Production of khadi is nil now and the wage structure is not appropriate to attract the workers . +
It is being produced with govt grilling hence the Khadi is expired . Most people involved in Khadi are manufactering datas, accounts for Govt. officers.
Khadi people strongly opposed Govt. subsidy , funding etc. in 1957at Wardha but forcely Govt poured the funds and the entire thought replaced with corrup

kln.cheran@gmail.com
KLN Cheran 10 years 2 months ago

Sir,
First Starting From Prime Minister every one should wear & Use Khadi products. Announce a day Khadi day and motivate people (do not implement) to wear Khadi on that day. Prime Minister should start as an example. A good leader must guide the people. Hope someone reads this and understands the use of our Desi products. On Khadi day only Desi products as much as possible. Then see how Indian products and Women Empowerment progress!!!

sonalirathore87@gmail.com
Sonali Rathore 10 years 2 months ago

Please make websites to sell this online, Busineess can be enlarged only if we expaln beyond city or country. We can take example from China, They have hell lot of site example - Aliexpress.com from where user can buy chines stuff at low price in US, why cant we do same for INdian product. Much cheaper and much better quality

Artatran Biswal
Artatran Biswal 10 years 2 months ago

This is a great initiative but in addition to that it should also consider other materials which are currently in demand.Only khadi can not alone improve financial stability of village women,otherwise govt should take the responsibility of marketing khadi product.With out proper market for khadi this yojana will not be fruitful.

dushyant tomer
dushyant tomer 10 years 2 months ago

This is great innitiativ by goverment but villages main iske bare main logo ko pata tak nahi hai ...isse sire files main promote karne ki bajaye har ghar tak promote kijiye ....pls...aur saath main skill devlopment centre bhi har gaon main open kijiye taki mahilao ko adhik doori par na jaana pade ..

AMIT_35
AMIT_35 10 years 2 months ago

Khadi should be promoted and created using modern equipment's not same old machineries. All our brilliant IIT NIT industry engineer should be involved how a person can get maximum yield ( productivity per day) which will provide sufficient money. Colleges be given projects to create portal, machinies etc for the rural people. IIM, IIT , other institute mbas be given projects to market all social media be used tv, print whatsapp.

PRASANTA BHUNIA
PRASANTA BHUNIA 10 years 2 months ago

Make Ecommerce website for Khadi Products only and sell through online promotions like Google Ads, Facebook ads and list products on famous ecommerce websites like Snapdeal, Flipkart & Amazon. Arranging corporate campaigns in NSEZ area. Pint advert like Newspaper Ads, hoarding can increase sales.

And we all know more sale means more profit.

Ravindra Kumar_6
Ravindra Kumar_6 10 years 2 months ago

Sir, there should compulsory khadi dresses for All central employeee, hospitals etc. Due to this the demends of khadi clothes will became very high and the situation of rural women employment will became better. Sir

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