Khadi cluster approved for Nagaland

 KOHIMA, July 7 – The Central Khadi and Village Industries Commission will set up another cluster of khadi weaving unit in Nagaland’s Dimapur district under a specially-sponsored scheme, official sources said.

The third cluster comprising 250 beneficiaries for producing handloom products from eri, muga, etc., would be funded under the programme Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries (SFRTI) of the Commission.

The Commission would contribute 75 percent of the cost while the rest would be borne by the implementing agency Nagaland Khadi and Village Industries Board, sources said.

The beneficiaries will undergo training in weaving and spinning looms with the help of Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE), Guwahati.