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O<\/span>n the auspicious occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, Manoj Kumar, Chairman of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), under the Ministry of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME), Government of India, extended Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi\u2019s vision for the welfare of the poor by announcing a significant wage hike for Khadi artisans across the country.<\/p>\n Spinners who spin yarn on the charkha will see a 25% increase in their wages, while weavers who work on the loom will receive a 7% hike. Additionally, a special discount of 20% on Khadi products and 10% on Village Industries products has been launched at the flagship Khadi Bhavan in Connaught Place, New Delhi, as well as across the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n To commemorate Mahatma Gandhi\u2019s birth anniversary, Union Health and Family Welfare and Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister Shri J.P. Nadda, Union MSME Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, Minister of State for MSME and Labour & Employment Sushri Shobha Karandlaje, along with KVIC Chairman Manoj Kumar and several other dignitaries, shopped at the Khadi Bhavan on Baba Kharak Singh Marg, officially launching the special discount campaign. J.P. Nadda purchased fabric for a Khadi kurta and Village Industries products, making the payment online. Addressing the media, Nadda appealed to citizens to buy Khadi products.<\/p>\n Jitan Ram Manjhi also urged people through the media to adopt Khadi and indigenous products and become a part of the Aatmanirbhar Bharat campaign.<\/p>\n Speaking at the event, KVIC Chairman Manoj Kumar reiterated Mahatma Gandhi\u2019s words, \u201cI see God in every thread spun on the charkha.\u201d Embracing this philosophy, KVIC has been weaving the fabric of welfare for the poor through the \u201cCharkha Revolution.\u201d<\/p>\n On September 17, 2024, in a ceremony held at Mahatma Gandhi\u2019s birthplace, Porbandar, on the occasion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s birthday, the announcement of a 25% wage hike for spinners and a 7% increase for weavers was made. The revised wages came into effect on October 2, 2024, on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti. Shri Kumar explained that spinners who previously earned Rs 10 per hank would now receive Rs 12.50, an increase of Rs 2.50 per hank. He highlighted that this is the second time in his tenure that the wages of spinners and weavers have been increased; the last hike was on April 1, 2023, when wages were raised from Rs 7.50 to Rs 10 per hank.<\/p>\n Chairman Manoj Kumar credited Prime Minister Modi\u2019s leadership for transforming the lives of spinners and weavers through the \u2018Khadi Revolution.\u2019 The Khadi sector\u2019s business crossed Rs 1.55 lakh crore in the last fiscal year, and to ensure the benefits reach Khadi artisans, KVIC has decided to increase wages. Shri Kumar added that there are approximately 3,000 registered Khadi institutions across the country employing around 4.98 lakh Khadi artisans, of which nearly 80% are women. The increased wages will empower these artisans economically. Kumar emphasized that during Prime Minister Modi\u2019s tenure over the past decade, wages have increased by nearly 213%, symbolizing the economic empowerment of rural India through Khadi.<\/p>\n In his address to the media, Manoj Kumar announced the launch of a special discount campaign across the country, including at the flagship Khadi showroom in Connaught Place, New Delhi. The discount campaign will run from October 2 to November 30, 2024, offering a 20% discount on Khadi products and a 10% discount on Village Industries products.<\/p>\n Chairman emphasized following our Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s appeal in his popular \u2018Mann Ki Baat\u2019 program, the Khadi Bhavan in Connaught Place has set a new sales record every year on Gandhi Jayanti for the past decade. Sales on Gandhi Jayanti have consistently surpassed Rs 1 crore over the last three years, with Rs 1.01 crore in 2021-22, Rs 1.34 crore in 2022-23, and Rs 1.52 crore in 2023-24. These figures highlight how Khadi, under Prime Minister Modi\u2019s leadership, has become the flagship of the \u2018Vocal for Local\u2019 and \u2018Made in India\u2019 movements, symbolizing the rise of a \u2018New India\u2019s New Khadi.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n [ad_2] [ad_1] On the auspicious occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, Manoj Kumar, Chairman of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), under the Ministry of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME), Government of India, extended Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi\u2019s vision for the welfare of the poor by announcing a significant wage hike for Khadi artisans across […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-02-at-10.04.03-PM.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47163"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47165,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47163\/revisions\/47165"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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