ROHTAK, Oct. 3 -- Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Friday said the Congress forgot khadi after Independence while his government revived it, noting that the turnover of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission has increased to Rs 1.70 lakh crore now from Rs 33,000 crore in 2014-15.
Many companies in the country do not have such a big turnover, he said during the 'Khadi Karigar Mahotsav' event here.
Lashing out at the Congress, he said, "They did not pay attention to Khadi and did nothing for its promotion".
If the work done in the last 11 years had been undertaken after Independence then our country would never have faced the problem of unemployment, he said while referring to the steps taken for khadi's promotion by t...