The Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises has invited 50 Khadi artisans and 62 artisans from 18 diverse trades to participate in the Independence Day celebrations at the Red Fort in New Delhi this year. The Ministry said the initiative to invite khadi artisans and Vishwakarmas from across the country has been taken to pay the deepest gratitude for their contribution in the nation-building. It added that after attending the Independence Day flag hoisting by the Prime Minister at the Red Fort, the artisans will join the celebrations at the residence of Union Minister of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises, Narayan Rane.