ENA State 2018-08-22 12:00:31 <p><strong>New Delhi, Aug 22 (KNN) </strong>The West Bengal Khadi &amp; Village Industries Board, under the Micro, Small &amp; Medium enterprises and Textiles Department, has made remarkable progress in making artisans self dependent and employed.</p> <p>The WBKVIB has helped artisans across Bengal to get access to proper and organized forums. This has helped them in getting a respectable livelihood by using skills, many of which are handed down from generation to generation.</p> <p>Between financial years 2011-12 and 2017-18, number of khadi artisans have been increased 8.5 times and during the same period, over 29 times increase has been registered in sales of khadi products.</p> <p>Besides, project Muslin has also been implemented in the state, covering 3,000 muslin weavers.</p> <p>Also, Project Saal Leaf launched involving 1,800 self-help groups (SHG), with a Centre of Excellence established in Jhargram.</p> <p>Further to empower the artisans, state launched Mat which has benefitted as many as 2,500 mat artisans in the state while 21,00 artisans benefitted from the project Sabai.</p> 20669 https://knnindia.co.in/news/newsdetails/state/west-bengal-khadi-sector-has-played-significant-role-in-changing-lives-of-artisans 2018-08-22 12:00:31 knnindia.co.in