Sales on Gandhi Jayanti surpassed Rs 2 crore at Khadi Bhawan in Delhi's CP
Oct 04, 2024
New Delhi [India], October 4 : On the appeal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the pioneer of 'New India's New Khadi', the people of Delhi have made the best-ever record of purchasing Khadi and Village Industries products worth Rs 2 crore, 1 lakh, 37 thousand, a press release said.
On the day of 'Gandhi Jayanti', the flagship 'Khadi Bhawan' of Regal Building, Connaught Place, New Delhi, for the first time in a day, recorded the maximum sale of Khadi and Village Industry products worth Rs 2 crore 1 lakh 37 thousand, which is the highest record in the history of Khadi and Village Industry compared to any Khadi store in the country, the release added.
Manoj Kumar, Chairman, Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Government of India, has attributed the unprecedented sale of revered Bapu's legacy Khadi on Gandhi Jayanti to the 'brand power' of PM Modi and the 'Charkha Kranti' booming from the last 10 years under his leadership.
Chairman KVIC, in a statement, opined that on September 29, 2024, in the 114th episode of the 'Mann Ki Baat' program, the Prime Minister had appealed to the countrymen to buy 'Made in India' and local products under the 'Vocal for Local' campaign during the festive season. This has had a great impact on the people.
It is the outcome of his appeal that in the past years, every year on Gandhi Jayanti, a new record of sales of Khadi and Village Industry products has been generated, which shows that the 'Charkha Kranti' booming under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi has now become the 'Guarantee of Developed India', the statement added.
According to the latest sales figures, Khadi and Village Industry products worth Rs 2.01 crore were sold at Khadi Bhawan in Connaught Place, Delhi, on Gandhi Jayanti, which includes cotton Khadi worth Rs 67.32 lakh, silk Khadi worth Rs 44.75 lakh, woollen Khadi worth Rs 7.61 lakh, poly Khadi worth Rs 1.87 lakh, readymade Khadi worth Rs 65.09 lakh, village industry products worth Rs 12.29 lakh and handicraft products worth Rs 2.44 lakh.
In comparison to last year, this time the maximum sale of cotton Khadi took place. While cotton khadi worth Rs 26.89 lakh were sold in the year 2023, this time it reached Rs 67.32 lakh with an increase of 150.35 per cent. The increasing sales of readymade merchandise is a symbol of the fact that the youth is promptly adopting khadi, the release added.
