Solar Charkha Mission: Reviving Khadi Through Renewable Energy
The Khadi sector occupies a unique place in India's economic and political imagination. Born out of Mahatma Gandhi's vision of rural self-reliance, the hand-spun fabric was once a tool of national resistance; today it survives largely as a niche, low-income occupation for rural spinners and weavers, many of whom earn barely enough to sustain themselves. Traditional charkha spinning has historically offered artisans wages as low as Rs. 140 a day, a figure that reflects both low productivity and the physical toll of manual spinning.
