The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) is all set to tap Members of Parliament to help take Khadi to the nook and corner of the country.
lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has agreed to a request from KVIC Chairman VK Saxena to allocate space to set up a stall within Parliament House. Consequently, a stall is being set up on the ground floor of the Parliament Annexe which is frequented by Parliamentarians.
The stall is coming up in front of the State Bank of India counter. The permission has been granted on a temporary basis for the ongoing Monsoon Session. The stall would have on sale a hamper containing high-quality Khadi dress material like fabric for kurta-Payjama and Modi jacket, pashmina stole, silk tie and set of six napkins stitched by women of militancy-affected families of Jammu & Kashmir from village Nagrota in Jammu district. This is for the first time KVIC is settings up its stall in Parliament House.
There will be a message from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on top of the hamper box and a message from the Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Kalraj Mishra inside the box.
Even though Khadi is not new to Indian politicians, the stall is being set up specially in Parliament House complex with a view to help MPs appreciate the effort being taken by KVIC to make khadi more and more attractive and take this message to the common man along the length and breadth of the country, KVIC Chairman Saxena said.
By providing employment to artisans working in rural areas, KVIC has been playing an important role in the social and economic development of the country, apart from promoting the cultural heritage.