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Abhijeet S
In order to increase the appeal of Khadi while maintaining its handcrafted quality, KVIC has an arrangement with the National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, ‘Dastakar’, Andhra Pradesh, IIT Delhi, and Textiles Committee, Mumbai. The IIT, Delhi has developed stiff and soft processing techniques as distinct characteristics for Khadi. The process was implemented as a pilot project at Kshetriya Shree Gandhi Ashram, Barabanki in Uttar Pradesh. Building on the success of the project, replication of such facilities as common facility centers in other parts of the country is also being done by KVIC.
The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between KVIC and the Textiles Committee, a statutory body under Ministry of Textiles has been continued in 2006-07. Under the MOU, facilities of 13 laboratories of the Committee situated across the country are being used for testing khadi and polyvastra. Under the arrangement, the quality of khadi would receive a fillip thus further increasing its marketability. A number of khadi institutions took benefit of this arrangement. The number of cloth samples tested on cost sharing basis (75 percent of testing charges borne by the KVIC and 25 per cent by the khadi institutions)
The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between KVIC and the Textiles Committee, a statutory body under Ministry of Textiles has been continued in 2006-07. Under the MOU, facilities of 13 laboratories of the Committee situated across the country are being used for testing khadi and polyvastra. Under the arrangement, the quality of khadi would receive a fillip thus further increasing its marketability. A number of khadi institutions took benefit of this arrangement. The number of cloth samples tested on cost sharing basis (75 percent of testing charges borne by the KVIC and 25 per cent by the khadi institutions)