National Khadi and Cottage Industries Board has organised a A national Khadi Festival with 225 stalls from all over the country .

The month-long Khadi Utsav-09 will house artisans and cottage industries from all over India. The khadi festival aimed at providing maximum benefit to Khadi industry workers. Apart from apparels, various handicraft items and consumer durables will be sold during Khadi Utsav-09 . “This is for the first time that such a large scale event has been organised in Surat.

“Our aim is to link more people with Khadi and provide employment in rural areas,” Manu Mehta, chairman of Khadi Utsav -09, said.