KVIC bags Rs 10 crore order from ITBP

14th August 2021, Mumbai:

Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has bagged an order to supply 1.91 lakh Khadi Cotton durries worth Rs 10 crore to Indo-Tibetan Border Police.

Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) is the nodal agency for procuring provisions on behalf of all paramilitary forces in the country. The fresh order comes following an agreement signed between KVIC and ITBP for supplying durrieson January 6, this year.

KVIC will provide blue-colour durries of 1.98 meter length and 1.07 meter width. The cotton durries will be produced by Khadi institutions of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan and Punjab. An estimated 1.75 lakh man days of additional work for the Khadi artisans will be created by this purchase order alone. This is for the first time KVIC is supplying durries to the paramilitary forces.

Out of the 1.91 lakh durries, 51,000 will be supplied to ITBP; 59,500 to BSF; 42,700 to CISF and 37,700 to SSB. The order will be supplied by November this year.

TOP 5:

• SIMA hails removal of anti-dumping duty on Viscose Staple Fibre
• Government to extend validity of tax refund program for garment exporters
• KVIC bags Rs 10 crore order from ITBP
• ‘Pepe Jeans' has helmed some of the most ground breaking innovations: Manish Kapoor, CEO
• Malls in India record 80% sales rebound in June-July