Khadi artisans get loving embrace from Paramilitary Forces, Sign MoU for supply of 1.72 lakh durries per year

The recent MoU signed between Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) for the supply of 1.72 lakh cotton khadi durries every year for the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) which will be renewed thereafter. The agreement has given a tremendous momentum to the Swadeshi drive in paramilitary forces envisaged by the government and will also support the khadi artisans during tough times.

MoU was signed by Deputy CEO KVIC and DIG, ITBP, in presence of KVIC Chairman Shri Vinai Kumar Saxena and Additional Secretary (Home) Shri Vivek Bhardwaj and other officials of CAPFs.

According to the KVIC Chairman, The historic development will provide employment at a very large scale in rural areas, apart from prompting the use of local products. “The purchase orders from the CAPFs is also a matter of pride for Khadi artisans who are serving the country’s jawans in their own way, said the Chairman.

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KVIC developed the cotton durries as per the demands of ITBP which provided the samples of desired products. Blue-colour durries with the specifications such as 1.98 m length and 1.07 m width will be produced by Khadi artisans in Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab. and the same has been been certified by Northern India Textile Research Association (NITRA), a unit of the Textile Ministry recognized by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.

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