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Rural Women Employment through Khadi

Start Date :

Feb 01, 2015

Last Date :

Apr 01, 2015

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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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Deepak Kumar 11 years 6 months ago

AFTER 8 MONTHS WE DONOT EVEN KNOW THE NAMES OF 100 SMART CITIES WHICH GOVT. HAS PROMISED TO BUILD IN NEXT 5-10-15 YEARS. WE DONOT EVEN KNOW WHERE INDUSTRIAL CORIDOOR WOULD BE BUILT, WE DONOT KNOW ANY PLAN OF RAILWAY, DEFENCE MODERNISATION, WE DONOT KNOW WHAT INFRA WOULD BE DEVLOPED IN NE STATES, INFRA FOR ROADS, HIGHWAYS, PORTS, AIRPORTS, NEW CITIES, EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER HARDWARE MANUFACTRUING, NO BLUE PRINT, NO ROAD MAP NOTHING FOR 8 MONTHS WE ARE WAITING

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Deepak Kumar 11 years 6 months ago

I DONOT THINK ANY CONCRETE PLAN OR ROAD MAP OR WORK HAS SERIOUSLY STARTED IN ANY OF THE 27 GROUPS LISTED HERE IN LAST 8 MONTHS, WAKE UP CALL FOR BJP, TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR BJP. BESIDES STATE ELECTIONS AND FOREIGN TOURS PLEASE CONCENTRATE ON DOMESTIC FRONT, TIME TO IMPLEMENT ALL THINGS OF MANIFESTO HAS COME, 8 MONTHS NOTHING HAS HAPPENED. COMMON MAN HAS GOT NO ELECTRICITY, WATER, FOOD, EDUCATION, HEALTH, SANITATION, HOUSING AFTER 8 MONTHS, COMMON MAN WANTS SOLUTION TO HIS BASIC NEEDS.

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Vinay Bangera 11 years 6 months ago

A new PR ministry should be created if needed to counter negative news and disseminate what is govt doing on key issues. It is very important to win the battle of perception just as important it is to pursue the growth agenda. The new PR ministry should brief the media and the public on a frequent basis and explain the positive things happening in each minister - this will be like a status update to the people of India. It will be a very effective!!

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Vinay Bangera 11 years 6 months ago

It is very important to manage the battle of perception. Inspite of very good growth agenda it seems like things are not resonating with people especially the marginalized sections of the society. There should be a effective counter narrative to negative news/propaganda. Everything that the government is doing should be explained by a PR minister. For example - why petrol price is still high inspite of a huge drop in oil prices. This is just one example. A new PR ministry should if reqd.

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Amareshwar Patil 11 years 6 months ago

To increase the production, first we need to increase the demand. Sir please ask all the Indians to buy a khadi material every month. And an awareness to the public should be given on advantage of using khadi over other clothes. If the demand increases then they will feel that khadi udyam is profitable and more and more women will start participating in it. Thus empowerment can be acheived Sir.

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Hrishikesh Mishra 11 years 6 months ago

Yoga : A grand international body of writers and practiceners of Yoga should be formed. They should brainstorm together and their specialty listed. Packaging should be decided and different specialities grouped together. Linkage of specialities should establish UNION of external environment + body + Action + Thought with the objective to realize Unity of consiousness and serve the mistic eternal ever present in the form of World.

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Keshav Rao 11 years 6 months ago

(contd..) Sir, I honestly hope that my email will reach to you and you will consider my request, may be talk about this in your "Maan ki Baat" some time. I wish for your good health and country's prosperity. Yours Truly Keshav Rao

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Keshav Rao 11 years 6 months ago

(contd...) You have hit the right chord when you talked about “Personal Chemistry” between leaders when US president visited India, I think you surely will think to extend the same courtesy wholeheartedly to your opponent. My other sincere request is to snub the fringe elements hard that shifts the focus from making a United India. Right or Wrong, I and billions of other भारतवासी is neither wiling nor ready to discuss and debate about anything other than development, growth and job creation.cnd

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Keshav Rao 11 years 6 months ago

(contd..) This has made them block the Rajya Sabha functioning on every single chance they got, but here my bigger worry is what if this becomes a pattern? It would again make the “development and growth” goalpost shifted. The country will definitely punish them but WE will lose the opportune time and momentum we have gain so far. My humble request to you is to “Reach Out” to them on every level – Personal and Political. (contd..)

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Keshav Rao 11 years 6 months ago

(contd..) I stated this because in recent past few of the decisions has been taken without hearing everybody’s voice; however I certainly understand the need of urgency for which these were done, and although done with best intention sent a message that government is by passing the upper house. It is very evident that your political opponents acting in sheer vindictiveness and their desperate attempt to keep politically relevant are no secret. (contd..)

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