Updated On: 23 August, 2024 09:26 PM IST | Divya Nair
Manoj Kumar, the Chairman of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), visited the Khadi Dyers and Printers Unit at Kore Gramodyog Kendra, Borivali (West) on Friday. The national flag is made at this unit.

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Kumar attended the Khadi National Flag Workers Dialogue programme, which was organised by the Khadi and Village Industries Commission under the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Government of India
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The term khadi was trademarked by the KVIC in 2014.

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Khadi is a hand-spun and woven natural fibre cloth promoted by Mahatma Gandhi during the Independence movement
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Kumar was accompanied by Vatsalya Saxena, the Chief Executive Officer of KVIC

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In 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the revival of the khadi movement will help the poor
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