The Mahatma Gandhi Institute for Rural Industrialisation has prepared a detailed project report for a Research and Development Centre at Ahmedabad in Gujarat, which inter alia requires contribution from Khadi and Village Industries Commission and from Gujarat Khadi Gramodyog Mandal.
According to a Ministry of Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises release, the it has also requested the Ministry of Rural Development to consider including khadi and coir spinning activities in the list of permissible activities under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.