Air India which has earlier decided to use natural and eco-friendly Khadi products for its international flights, has placed an another order worth Rs.8 crores with the Khadi & Village Industries Commission (KVIC) for the supply of 1,85,000 units of amenity kits This is the national carrier's second order after December 2015 where they placed order worth Rs 1.21 crores for supplying 25,000 units of amenity. This order was put together by KVIC in a time of just 40 days. These amenity kits were meant for the first class and business class international traveller and included Khadi hand sanitizer, khadi moisturizer lotion,khadi lemongrass, Khadi handmade soap, khadi lip balm, khadi rose face wash, essential oils and other essentials of a traveller's kit. This time around KVIC will supply 1,85,000 kits in 4 months time to Air India in which 6000 kits are for first class passengers and 1,79,000 kits for business class passengers . This order will generate more than 4,40,000 man hours of work . "Following an appeal made by the prime minister Narendra Modi, through 'Man Ki Baat' for purchasing at least one product of Khadi and support the rural artisans, there have been tremendous encouraging response in sale of Khadi and more and more people are purchasing Khadi especially the youths and teenagers," said V.K. Saxena, Chairman, KVIC.