Now let us take the pricing. A spinner would need at least 3-4 days to hand spin enough yarn to weave a 6.5 mt saree. That’s minimum 600 rupees in wages. Add another 400-600 as weaver wages. And you have 1,000 rupees already just in wages. Add to that yarn cost, dyeing cost, designing cost, transportation cost, procuring cost and the wholesaler and retailer margins, and you will see that why it would be impossible to sell a even a simple Khadi cotton saree for anything less than 2000 rupees, unless it is heavily subsidised by a govt agency like KVIC.