Uttar Pradesh plans designer khadi malls
The state Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) plans to set up malls - designed and operated on the lines of upmarket shopping outlets - exclusively to promote designer khadi products across Uttar Pradesh. The reason behind setting up the malls is obvious: promoting and popularising khadi products as being trendy. About Rs.25 million (Rs.2.5 crore) will be spent on every mall. In Uttar Pradesh, nearly 320,000 people are employed at around 506 different khadi organisations, according to KVIC. The first mall will come up in Lucknow, the state capital and besides designer khadi clothes pandering to contemporary taste the malls will also offer products related to healthcare and beauty care.