Khadi gives employment to people

Ace fashion designer Rajesh Pratap Singh, known for using handloom in his creations, said that a product like khadi gives employment to a lot of people and thus, should be encouraged.

"Khadi is a hand-spun fibre. The virtues of khadi are that there are a lot of air gaps between the constructions of the fabric which makes it very comfortable. We just have to make people aware of what it is, why khadi is a product of much effort. It is a very labour intensive product and gives employment to a lot of people," Singh said.

"We Indians have an emotional connect with the product. As the history involved with khadi as a product with a real soul in it rather than a mass produce mill made fabric. Once you educate people about this, I think it is good enough for people to consider it over mass produce, so called cheaper product," Singh added.