Jharkhand to launch e-Charkha tomorrow > > Ranchi: Weavers in Jharkhand would enter into an e-age from tomorrow with the > Jharkhand State Khadi Gramodyog Board (JSKGB) formally introducing the > much-awaited e-charkha on the eve of Gandhi Jayanti. > > e-Charkha is an advance spinning machine which generates power also while > working. > > [http:///StoryImages/e-charkha.JPG]Developed by a Bangalore based engineer > Hiremath, the latest spinning machine could produce power for about six to > seven hours upon working for just two hours. The power stored in capacitor > could be used for basic lighting or playing electronic gadget like radio. > > Chairman of the JSKGB Jainandu said that initially the state has procured 40 > e-charkhas from the Khadi Village Industries Commission, Ahmedabad, to launch > it. Another consignment of 600 machines would be reaching here in the next > few months. > > To begin with, the Board will open as many as 12 training centres across the > state to impart skills to weavers. > > Ranchi, Hazaribag, Jamshedpur, Dumka, Godda, are among the districts where > the training centres would be set up. > > Cost of machine will be in the range of Rs 2,000 to Rs 9,000. The Board has > planned providing subsidy up to 90 per cent of the cost of the machine, if it > were purchased by those trained by the Board. > > "There will be no subsidy for those who do not take training," Jainandu > clarified. > > About mechanism of the gadget, he said that e-charkha has maintenance free > lead acid battery fixed at the bottom, which functions as an inverter. > > "The charkha will be a boon to the spinners, who would be able to experience > the fusion of economic activity with the pleasure of music while generating > power for themselves," he said. > > Of late, Khadi has been developed into a major cottage industry of Jharkhand > in which over five lakh people are attached directly or indirectly. No wonder > than the Khadi business has burgeoned to around Rs 150 crore per annum. > > > Click to get the daily dose of news on good governance at iGovernment. _________________________________________________________________ Search for videos of Bollywood, Hollywood, Mollywood and every other wood, only on Live.com http://www.live.com/?scope=video&form=MICOAL
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