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INDIAN KHADI GOING LOCAL TO GLOBAL
NEW INDIA'S NEW KHADI...
FOCUS ON BOTH TRADITION AND FASHION
To make the new Khadi of New India a global
October 2, Connaught brand, Khadi and Village Industries Commission
Place Khadi Store (KVIC) has given special attention to quality
sales doubled in four and modernization. Centre of Excellence for
years. Khadi (CoEK) has been established with the
help of National Institute of Fashion Technology
(NIFT). On September 13 this year, the Centre
of Excellence for Khadi - 2.0 Memorandum of
Understanding has been signed.
With its help, new designs, the use of natural
colors, traditional sarees and fabrics such as
crore crore crore crore Awadh Jamdani, Ponduru saree, Pashmina,
Odisha Ikat, Paithani and many other traditional
1.01 1.34 1.52 2.01 products are being revived to make Khadi more
fashionable. Along with new products, and
training Khadi institutions to prepare high-quality
clothes, CoEK is preparing to launch an app in
2021 2022 2023 2024 which the products of Khadi institutions, artisans
involved in the production of its products, and
information about the place along with geo-
tagging of the institution will be done.
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