The newly appointed Chairman of Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) Shri Manoj Kumar has said he would endeavour to take Khadi India to new heights on the mantra of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi's Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas and Khadi for Nation, Khadi for Fashion and Khadi for Transformation. Shri Manoj Kumar made his first visit at KVIC Headquarters Mumbai after assuming charge as KVIC Chairman on 15th July, 2022. On this occasion, he paid floral tribute to the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi in the headquarters premises of KVIC.

While addressing officials of KVIC, the Chairman said, realizing Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s dream of “Aatmanirbhar Bharat” would be his priority while establishing maximum number of small and micro units and creating self-employment through various schemes of KVIC to achieve the larger goal of self-reliant India. Shri Kumar said, "Khadi has become popular again in India in the last few years and it will be his priority to earn a global recognition for Khadi". 

KVIC Chairman Shri Kumar said that he would try to make Khadi 'local to global' and increase the demand for India's swadeshi products all over the world. This will ensure that money reaches in the hands of more and more artisans associated with KVIC, so that their sources of income increase and the artisans standing at the last rung of the society should be part of economic development and become self-dependent, he added. He further said, "It will be the endeavour of the commission that every hand should get work and fair price for work".

Shri Manoj Kumar also said that the schemes and programmes being run by the 
Commission would be simplified soon, to provide maximum benefits to the common man. He said that, to make Khadi products more accessible to the consumers, an e-commerce initiative has also been taken by the Commission which will be further strengthened.

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