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Cover Story 2022: Year of Willpower

STRONG KHADI SECTOR FOR

AATMANIRBHAR BHARAT

As India moves fast on the path of AatmaNirbhar Bharat top
fashion brands in India are associating with Khadi. Record
production and record sales of Khadi are taking place. Amid History is witness
increased demand in the country where sales have increased that a thread of
more than 4 times in the last 8 years, for the first time the turnover Khadi became the
of India's Khadi and Village Industries has crossed Rs 1 lakh crore.
Not only this, on October 2, 2022, the Connaught Place Khadi force of the freedom
outlet in Delhi saw a sale of Rs 1.34 crore in a single day, which movement, it broke the
is a record so far. While the people living in the villages have chains of slavery. The
benefited the most from this increase in the sale of Khadi, it has
emerged as a strong thread of AatmaNirbhar Bharat. same thread of Khadi
can also become a
Between 2014 and 2022, 1.25 going to increase in the midst source of inspiration
crore new jobs have been of climate change, due to
created in Khadi and village which Khadi is going to be to fulfill the vow of a
industries in the country. global from local. developed India, to
Khadi is an example of a 248% increase in sales in fulfill the dream of a
sustainable and eco-friendly eight years
fabric with a low carbon 33,136 crores in the year AatmaNirbhar Bharat.
footprint. It can play a big role 2014-2015 -Narendra Modi,
on a global scale. 1.15 lakh crore in the year Prime Minister
The demand for Khadi is 2021-2022

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