All dists to have khadi shops: Dy CM

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 24

Haryana Deputy CM Dushyant Chautala said shops of Haryana Khadi and Village Industries Board would be made operational at all district headquarters of the state in the next six months. The high-quality products of the board will be sold at these shops.

A big shop will also be opened at the rest house of the Public Works Department at Chanakyapuri in New Delhi so that Khadi products of Haryana can be sold to foreign tourists. All these shops will be attractively designed in the same standard, size and design.

The Deputy Chief Minister, who also has the portfolio of Development and Panchayats Department, during a review meeting, directed the officers of the Haryana Khadi and Village Industries Board to encourage villagers to start manufacturing biscuits made of bajra, kurkure and various new products other than khadi jacket, kurta-payjama, bedsheet, quilt, pickle, honey, soap, oil, shampoo and spices.