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- Help to more than 66 thousand new units through employment generation program.
Khadi India Portal: Rapid growth has been seen in the Khadi sector in our country. Regarding this, Manoj Kumar, Chairman of Khadi and Village Industries Commission, made a big announcement and said that soon a new and modern e-commerce portal for Khadi India products is going to be launched in the country. Where, after the sale of Rs 2 lakh crore last year, now a big treasure is going to be opened for the general public.
1. What is the special technology of the new portal?
Chairman Manoj Kumar told about the technology and features of this new portal that this portal will be completely based on mobile-first. In which, customers will get to see amazing features like high resolution photos, better payment facilities and ‘Shop the Look’. Apart from this, he further said that the main objective of this portal is to attract Gen Z the most and present the brand story strongly to the whole world.
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2. Record figures of sales and production
At the same time, a rapid increase is being seen in the sales of Khadi products in the financial year 2025-26. Where, the record has reached Rs 1 lakh 87 thousand 105 crore. Which used to be only Rs 31 thousand 154 crore in the year 2013-14. Not only this, this sale is expected to be more than Rs 2.51 lakh crore in the financial year 2026-27.
3. Increase seen in employment
Total employment in Khadi and village industries activities has increased from 1.30 crore in 2013-14 to 2.04 crore in 2025-26. That is, in comparison to the year 2013-14, crores of people have got employment opportunities through Khadi in 2025-26.
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4. Contribution of Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Program
Apart from this, 66 thousand 494 new units were established in the year 2025-26 under the Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme. Under which 7 lakh 31 thousand 434 people got golden employment opportunities. For this, margin money subsidy of Rs 2 thousand 457 crore has also been given to the people on the loan of Rs 7 thousand 375 crore.