Srinagar, Oct. 15 -- We are proud citizens of India -today the sixth largest economy in the world in terms of nominal GDP. Much of the economic growth is driven by the MSME sector contributing one-third in the overall GDP of the country. Herein again, major share comes from rural micro enterprises. The rural economy mainly relies on cottage industries like Khadi and handloom sector along with handicraft products manufactured from rural artisans. At a time when the world is grappling with inequality, climate change and resource depletion while in the domain of IT and software, AI is on relentless march gobbling up jobs, Khadi and Village Industries (KVI) can play an important role in advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and s...