08-16-2008, 12:10 PM
<!--emo&:ind--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/india.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='india.gif' /><!--endemo--> âThe modified Ambar charkhas were introduced a few months ago as a pilot project by the Khadi Commission under the âSFURTIâ (Scheme of Funds for Regeneration of Traditional Industries) programme and they are proving very popular with the villagers,â said Laxmi Chand Bhandari, Secretary of the Khadi Gramodyog Sadhan Vikas Samiti, a 40-year old Sarvodaya organisation that looks after the Bassi cluster.
âThere is great demand for khadi products and we could have provided more Ambar charkhas to the villagers but getting weavers is a problem these days,â Mr. Bhandari said.
Each modified charka costs Rs. 8,500 while the attachment, which enables to produce electricity, requires an investment of another Rs.1,500.
As per the concept of âSFURTIâ, the e-charkhas have been provided on 75 p.c. grant with the remaining amount is to be paid by the beneficiary in easy installments.
http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/16/stories/...980100.htm
âThere is great demand for khadi products and we could have provided more Ambar charkhas to the villagers but getting weavers is a problem these days,â Mr. Bhandari said.
Each modified charka costs Rs. 8,500 while the attachment, which enables to produce electricity, requires an investment of another Rs.1,500.
As per the concept of âSFURTIâ, the e-charkhas have been provided on 75 p.c. grant with the remaining amount is to be paid by the beneficiary in easy installments.
http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/16/stories/...980100.htm