Jharkhand to set up India’s first dedicated Khadi mall in the state: Jharkhand CM

New Delhi, July 2 (KNN) In an attempt to boost market for khadi and khadi made products, Jharkhand is setting up its first ‘khadi mall’ in the state, said Chief Minister Raghubar Das.

This is going to be the India’s first dedicated mall for indigenous produce, he added.

While addressing the Karigar Panchayat organized by the Khadi Board at the Tana Bhagat Indoor Stadium in Jharkhand, the state Chief Minister said, “Within 15 days, land in the Heavy Engineering Corporation (HEC) campus will be made available to the Khadi Board to develop the country's first Khadi mall.”

Noting that handicrafts were being accorded priority in the state, Das said people in the villages are talented and so far 1.13 lakh artisans have been registered to be trained to make goods as per the needs of the market.

This move will bring the change in the lives of artisans and also government will provide market to them, Das added.

He said that the artisans would be provided technological aid for value addition in their products, while rural, urban and tourism 'haats' will provide them markets for their goods.

He said that through the initiative of the Khadi Board, many people in the rural area have got jobs and the board was also providing them with markets.