Group Number-: Rashmi Burman Reg .No-11813234 Priyansha Raj Reg .No-11813177 Dikshit Reg .No-11815824
Group Number-: Rashmi Burman Reg .No-11813234 Priyansha Raj Reg .No-11813177 Dikshit Reg .No-11815824
Group Number-: Rashmi Burman Reg .No-11813234 Priyansha Raj Reg .No-11813177 Dikshit Reg .No-11815824
Rashmi Burman
Reg .no-11813234
Priyansha Raj
Reg .no-11813177
Dikshit
Reg .No-11815824
INTRODUCTION
KHADI means any cloth woven on handlooms in India from Cotton, Silk or Woollen yarn,
hand spun from a mixture of any two or all of such yarns. In India, Khadi is not just a
cloth, it is a whole movement started by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. The Khadi
movement promoted an ideology, an idea that Indians could be selfreliant on cotton
and be free from the high priced goods and clothes which the British were selling to
them. The British would buy cotton from India at cheap prices and export them to
Britain where they were woven to make clothes. These clothes were then brought back
to India to be sold at hefty prices.
FUNCTIONS OF THE KHADI AND VILLAGE
INDUSTRIES COMMISSION
• Financing of eligible agencies
• Training of persons employed or desirous of seeking employment in Khadi and
Village industries, supervisors and other functionaries
• Building the reserves of the materials
• R&D in Khadi and Village Industries sector;
• Promotion of sale and marketing of Khadi and village industries products
• Promotion and encouragement of cooperative efforts among the persons engaged in
Khadi and Village Industries, etc.
DEMAND SIDE PROBLEMS
• .Improvement in Technology
The technology of weaving has to be upgraded. The use of frame looms and jack looms
instead of pit looms can improve the productivity. Putting a jack-up-motion on the frame-
loom would increase the evenness and quality of cloth.
• Easing up of Bureaucratic procedures
There is a significant time lag between the formulation and implementation of various
policies in the Khadi sector. For example, many elaborate formalities need to be carried out
just to buy the raw material from the farmers. Such processes need to be accelerated so that
raw materials can be purchased as and when required without any hassles
REVIVAL OF KHADI – AN ANALYSIS OF THE
STATE OF KHADI IN INDIA WITH SUPPLY AND
DEMAND SIDE PROBLEMS