On the occasion of Haryana Day, Industries and Commerce Minister Vipul Goel on Thursday launched the state’s first online Khadi selling centre, an initiative of the Haryana Khadi and Village Industries Board in Panchkula.
The Minister also launched brand Har Khadi and its logo.
While extending greetings of Haryana Day to the people, Goel said that Haryana Khadi and Village Industries Board would complete its 50 years in February 2019. So far, no previous governments had ever taken such initiative for the promotion of khadi as taken by the present government, he said.
The Board will also organise Khadi Fashion Melas in 2019 to make khadi products easily available to people “Mahatma Gandhi's charkha reminds about India’s freedom struggle. Mahatma Gandhi had promoted khadi by adopting khadi in his life. On his vision, Haryana Government is taking special steps in the direction of promotion of khadi and cleanliness,” he added.
The Minister said that similarly, such Khadi selling stores would be opened at the district level and also outside the state.
Goel also assured chairperson of Haryana Khadi and Village Industries Board, Gargi Kakkar on her demand to arrange an adequate budget to promote Khadi production. He said that for the last many years, people were losing touch with Khadi. Now under the present government, Khadi would reach the common people through the Boards’ initiative of online Khadi selling centres. Spinning cotton on Charkha has taken a bigger form and today wearing Khadi has become fashion. It is a matter of pride for the people of the state, Goel said.
As the trend of online selling has taken root throughout the country, in such time Haryana Khadi and Village Industries Board has also taken such initiative for the sale of its products which is an appreciative step. The Board would not be lagged behind in any field and meaningful efforts would be made to establish the identity of Khadi products of Haryana Khadi and Village Industries Board in the country as well as abroad, he added.
Chairperson of Haryana Khadi and Village Industries Board, Gargi Kakkar said that on the occasion of Haryana Day, we have also launched brand- Har Khadi and its logo.