To promote the khadi products, a 10-day National Khadi Festival 2017 was inaugurated on Friday at the Bhopal haat. The national event is being organised by the Madhya Pradesh Khadi and Village Industries board.
Minister of State for cooperatives and gas victims, Vishwas Sarang was the chief guest of the inaugural programme while khadi board’s chairman Suresh Arya chaired the programme.
Various types of khadi products of different State would be available in the festival. khadi clothes, khadi silk sarees, dress material, kurtas, jackets, bedsheets, carpets and towels would be available in the festival.
Various dress material of state’s ‘kabira’ khadi brand and ‘vindhya valley’ brand would be available in the festival such as shampoos, honey and other household items.
The main objective of the festival is to promote the products of cottage industry and to aware the people regarding the art of State.
The hand prints and block prints products would be exhibited in the festival. Another aim of the festival is to provide employment to the weavers and workers who are indulged in the cottage industry.
State minister Vishwas Sarang assured his support for the promotion of the khadi products. The certificates of the two-wheeler repairing course were distributed among the girls.
Notably, this is the first time when the girls have received a different sort of training by the training board. The guests also released the saree catalogue made by the board for the women
consumers.