PM Modi to distribute 500 charkhas to women spinners
PM Narendra Modi will distribute 500 traditional wooden charkhas to women spinners belonging to five Khadi institutions in Punjab's Ludhiana on October 18, according to the Khadi and Village Industries Commission. The initiative is expected to create 500 direct jobs in the local areas. Earlier, freedom fighter Kamaraj had donated 500 charkhas to women spinners in Tamil Nadu in 1945.   