It seems ' desh badal raha hai, ab khadi pehan raha hai. Khadi store in Connaught Place (CP) has registered its highest-ever sales in a single day of Rs 1.27 crore on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti on October 2, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. This sale was the highest ever since Independence. A customary discount sale starts from 2nd October every year by the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) on Khadi products across the country.
The Connaught Place store had broke its previous record of highest sale of Rs 1.25 crore on October 13 last year.
According to the KVIC, as many as 16,870 Khadi lovers visited Khadi store at CP on October 2 and a total number of 2,720 sales bills were issued.
“ Of the Rs 127.57 lakh sale, the share of Khadi was Rs 114.11 lakh and village industry products Rs 13.46 lakh,” it said.
In 2014, the khadi sale was recorded Rs 66.81 Lakhs at the CP store which increased to Rs 117.08 lakh in 2017.
Reacting on the record sale, Union Minister for Road, Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari , said that he is overwhelmed with this record sale.
KVIC Chairman Vinai Kumar Saxena attributed the record sale is the translation of how Prime Minister Narendra Modi has communicated his vision of economic transformation through Khadi
clearly, creatively and continually.
“While the sale of Khadi products at Khadi India's flagship store in Connaught Place was recorded Rs 1.27 crore on a single day on October 2 this year, this sale is the highest ever since Independence. A customary discount sale starts from October 2 every year by Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) on Khadi products across the nation,” the KVIC said in a statement.