Overview

• Speaking at the Khadi India showroom in New Delhi, the home minister asked families to adopt annual Khadi purchases to help generate employment for millions.
• He said millions of families have resolved not to use foreign goods and that many shopkeepers have pledged not to sell them, presenting these as voluntary commitments.
• He linked wider use of Swadeshi products to the goal of positioning India at the top globally by 2047.
• He framed Khadi and Swadeshi as inseparable from the freedom movement, invoking Mahatma Gandhi’s role in mobilizing the nation.
• He credited a 2003 Gujarat campaign under Narendra Modi for reviving Khadi and claimed sales have increased fivefold since 2014, from ₹33,000 crore to over ₹1.7 lakh crore.