Thousands of school children in Arunachal Pradesh will be sporting tri-color Khadi Face Masks as they return to their schools for the first time post-COVID-19 lockdown. <br />''<br />''Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in a statement said, Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has supplied 60 thousand high-quality Khadi Cotton Face Masks for school children as the Arunachal Pradesh Government has decided to reopen schools from 16th of November.<br />'' <br />''The Ministry said, this purchase order assumes great significance as this is for the first time that a State Government in North East India has purchased such a huge quantity of Khadi face masks for its students. The purchase order was issued on November 3, and in just 6 days, KVIC has supplied the requisite masks to the government considering the urgency involved. In order to ensure timely delivery of masks, KVIC has dispatched the consignment by air.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">KVIC has provided double-layered, tri-color Cotton face masks to Arunachal Pradesh Government with its logo suitably placed on the masks. The face masks in tri-color also aims at instilling a sense of nationalism among the students.</span><br />