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The Khadi and Village Industries Commission is a non-profit group that serves to promote the use of khadi
Khadi

Khadi or khaddar simply means cotton, usually handspun.Khadi is Indian handspun and hand-woven cloth. The raw materials may be cotton, silk, or wool, which are spun into threads on a spinning wheel called a charkha....
 (a type of hand-woven cloth) in India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
. The group is government-run and serves to promote the use of khadi and small-scale khadi industries.

The group also gives licenses to companies that wish to manufacture the Flag of India
Flag of India

File:Flag of India.svgFile:Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka.jpgThe National Flag of India was adopted in its present form during an ad hoc meeting of the Constituent Assembly held on the 22 July 1947, twenty-four days before India's independence from the British on 15 August 1947....
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Khadi Bhandar chain stores are managed as per the rules and guidelines by this organisation.






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The Khadi and Village Industries Commission is a non-profit group that serves to promote the use of khadi
Khadi

Khadi or khaddar simply means cotton, usually handspun.Khadi is Indian handspun and hand-woven cloth. The raw materials may be cotton, silk, or wool, which are spun into threads on a spinning wheel called a charkha....
 (a type of hand-woven cloth) in India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
. The group is government-run and serves to promote the use of khadi and small-scale khadi industries.

The group also gives licenses to companies that wish to manufacture the Flag of India
Flag of India

File:Flag of India.svgFile:Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka.jpgThe National Flag of India was adopted in its present form during an ad hoc meeting of the Constituent Assembly held on the 22 July 1947, twenty-four days before India's independence from the British on 15 August 1947....
.

Khadi Bhandar chain stores are managed as per the rules and guidelines by this organisation. These stores serve as outlets for products made by village industry. It is not restricted to sell khadi only. They also sell matchsticks, incense sticks, decorative items made from wood and earth, ahinsak (non-violent) honey, ahinsak leather items etc.

See also

  • Acharya Gour Ganguly
    Acharya Gour Ganguly

    Acharya Gour Ganguly was born in Kolkata, India. Grand-nephew of the revolutionary leader Bipin Behari Ganguli, he was the founding father of the first major post-independence satyagraha mass movement in north-eastern India aimed at combating atrocities on women....


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