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KHADI INDIA'S CONNAUGHT PLACE, NEW DELHI OUTLET

BROKE ALL OLD SALES RECORDS

n his "Mann Ki Baat" programme in late September, Prime Minister Modi's appeal to
Ibuy khadi, handloom, or handicraft products has been accepted by the people. On the
occasion of Gandhi Jayanti on October 2 this year, Khadi India's Connaught Place outlet
broke all old sales records. This Khadi India outlet has done a record sale of Rs 1.34 crore
in just one day. Khadi India Outlet broke the highest ever sales record of Rs 1.29 crore as
of October 30, 2021, breaking the sales record of Rs 1.01 crore set on Gandhi Jayanti last
year. Even before this, Prime Minister Modi has appealed to the people to buy Khadi in his
programs. The effect of this is that the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC)
did a business of Rs 1.15 lakh crore for the first time in the financial year 2021-22. KVIC's
total business was Rs 1,15,415.22 crore, a 20.54 percent increase over Rs 95,741.74 crore
in the previous fiscal year, 2020-21. In addition, total production in the Khadi and Village
Industries sectors increased by 172 percent in 2021-22 when compared to 2014-15, while
gross sales increased by more than 248 percent during the same period.

MADE IN INDIA iPHONE GOVERNMENT TO FORM A TASK

EXPORTS CROSSED RS 1000 FORCE TO MONITOR AFRICAN

CRORE IN JUST 5 MONTHS CHEETAHS IN KUNO

ndia has begun to challenge other countries'
Idominance in iPhone manufacturing. The
Made in India iPhone will soon be available fter 70 years of being declared extinct in India,
all over the world. In fact, between April and Athe central government does not want to show
August of the current fiscal year 2022-23, any laxity regarding the cheetahs brought from
India exported Apple iPhones worth more than Namibia. As a result, the Union Environment Ministry
Rs 1000 crore. The iPhone, manufactured in has formed a nine-member monitoring task force.
India, has been shipped to Europe and the Gulf The task force's mandate includes cheetah health
countries. It is estimated that iPhones worth $ monitoring, the upkeep of quarantine and soft
2.5 billion, or approximately Rs 20,000 crore, release enclosures, the opening of cheetah habitats
will be exported from India in the 12 months for eco-tourism, and regular interactions with local
ending March 2023. Earlier this fiscal year, up communities. Officials from the committee will
until March 2022, India exported iPhones worth also monitor the cheetahs' hunting abilities and
$1.3 billion. Since 2017, Taiwanese companies adaptations. The Indian government has devised a
Foxconn, Pegatron, and Vistan have been five-year plan to bring the cheetah to the country.
manufacturing iPhones in India under Prime Eight cheetahs were brought in the first phase of
Minister Narendra Modi's 'Make in India-Make this 5-year programme, and another 12 cheetahs
for the World' vision. All three are part of the will be brought in the second phase. They will
government's manufacturing promotion also be released in those national parks which
scheme. have a similar climate and forest area to Kuno
National Park.

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