Khadi Commission to soon launch eco-friendly ‘Vedic Paint’ made from cow dung

Dec. 22: In an interesting development, Khadi India under Khadi & Village Industries Commission, Government of India, is soon going to aunch ‘Vedic Paint’ made out of cow dung. Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport & Highways, Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises Government of India, informed about the upcoming product on his Twitter account. Gadkari twitted, “We are soon going to launch a ‘Vedic Paint’ made of cow dung through the Khadi and Village Industries Commission. It will help in strengthening Village economy and provide additional income to the farmers.”

Union Minister of State of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries and MSME Pratap Sarangi said that the eco-friendly, non-toxic, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal and washable paint would be available in distemper and emulsion. It will dry in just four hours. This venture will provide an additional income of up to Rs 55,000 to the livestock farmers.

ग्रामीण इकोनॉमी को बल मिले और किसानों को अतिरिक्त आमदनी हो इसलिए Khadi and Village Industries Commission के माध्यम से हम जल्द ही गाय के गोबर से बना ‘वैदिक पेन्ट' लॅान्च करने वाले हैं। @ChairmanKvic pic.twitter.com/zhQpa3Es5i

— Nitin Gadkari (@nitin_gadkari) December 17, 2020

Sarangi in a tweet wrote, “I gracefully solicit the upward thinking of Cabinet Minister Shri @nitin_gadkari Ji for providing a boon to India. This eco-friendly product is the first of its kind in the world. Let’s introduce Vedic Paint in the global market for value addition.” Cow dung plaster, commonly used in rural areas, is believed to be auspicious and has the ‘best natural disinfectants with antibacterial properties.’ Dried cow dung cakes are used as cooking fuel in both rural and urban areas of the country.