KVIC chairman Manoj Goel said the khadi and village industries sector crossed a turnover of Rs 1.87 lakh crore in 2025-26 and employs over 2.04 crore people.
The Prime Minister told Mann Ki Baat listeners that the 100-week Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit Bharat Abhiyan is now being driven by young volunteers themselves.
In the 138th episode of Mann Ki Baat on 27 September 2026 the Prime Minister recalled ten years of the surgical strike and appealed for census self-entry.