Winning accolades for its quality and punctuality, the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) had bagged repeat orders of nearly Rs 12 crores from Air India and Raymond ltd.
Giving this information, KVIC chairman Vinai Kumar Saxena said that to promote the use of indigenous fabric and to increasing its sourcing from KVIC, national carrier Air India had decided to use natural and eco-friendly khadi products on its flights, and had placed an order worth nearly Rs 7.98 crore with KVIC for getting 65,500 units of amenity kits for its first class and business class passengers.
"The products will be supplied by Khadi Gramodyog Bhawan , a flagship retail unit of the KVIC. The orders are secured through competitive tendering and quality checks, thus upholding the value for price nature of Khadi and village industries products," Saxena said, adding, "Earlier in September 2016, the Air India had placed a big order for supplying 5.75 lakh khadi soap cakes at a cost of Rs 45 lakh with the commission. Prior to it, in June 2016, it had placed an order worth Rs 8 crore with KVIC to source 1.85 lakh units of amenity kits. Similarly, in December 2015, the Air India placed a trial order worth Rs 1.21 crore to the KVIC for the supply of 25,000 units of amenity kits."