New Delhi, May 12 -- Inaugurating the Centre of Excellence for Khadi (CoEK) on Wednesday in New Delhi, Union MSME Minister Narayan Rane asked the designers to assess Khadi's popularity as compared to other leading players and curate appealing designs to attract the youth.

The CoEK is set up by Khadi and Village Industries Commission in collaboration with National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) to make Khadi trendier by diversifying its fabrics and clothing line and up-skilling the Khadi Institutions to upgrade the quality standards.

Highlighting Khadi's big responsibility of contributing to nation's development and fulfilling the goal of "Aatmanirbhar Bharat", the MSME Minister said, the designers have the responsibility of intr...