New Delhi, April 30: The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has clocked a turnover of Rs 1.15 lakh crore in financial year 2021-22, a growth of 20.54 per cent from the previous year, an official statement said on Saturday. In FY 2021-22, the overall turnover of KVIC stood at a whopping Rs 1,15,415.22 crore as compared to Rs. 95, 741.74 crore in the previous year. Compared to 2014-15, the overall production in Khadi and Village Industry sectors in 2021-22 saw a growth of 172 per cent while the gross sales during this period increased by over 248 per cent. This came despite a partial lockdown in the country in the first three months — April to June in 2022. ‘Looking at the performance in the last one year, the biggest impact can be seen in the Khadi sector which has registered a growth of 43.20 per cent from Rs 3,528 crore in 2020-21 to Rs 5,052 crore in 2021-22. “In the last eight years, i.e. from 2014-15, the production in the Khadi sector in 2021-22 has increased by 191 per cent while Khadi sales have increased exponentially by 332 per cent,” the statement said. On the other hand, the turnover in the Village Industries sector alone reached Rs 1,10,364 crores in 2021-22, as compared to Rs 92,214 crore in the previous year. In the last eight years, the production in the Village Industry sector in 2021-22 has increased by 172 per cent, while the sales have increased by nearly 250 per cent. KVIC Chairman Vinai Kumar Saxena attributed Khadi’s phenomenal growth to the constant support of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to promote Khadi. (UNI)
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