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21 January 2021
Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) on Tuesday launched an innovative new non-toxic paint, called `Khadi Prakritik Paint’ – India’s first cow dung paint.
Union minister for road transport and highways and MSME Nitin Gadkari launched the eco-friendly, non-toxic paint, a first-of-its-kind product, with anti-fungal, anti-bacterial properties, at his residence.
Based on cow dung as its main ingredient, the paint is cost-effective and odorless, and has been certified by Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).
Speaking at the launch function, the minister said the step is aligned with the prime minister’s vision of increasing farmers’ income. It is also part of an effort to improve the rural economy to such an extent that reverse migration begins from the cities to rural areas, he added.
Arunachal Is Reviving Its 1000-YO Art of Making Paper That Doesn’t Harm Trees
More durable than conventional paper, Mon Shugu holds a special place in the history of the Arunachal Pradesh’s Monpa tribe.
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In February 2020, Maling Gombu, a Tawang-based social worker and lawyer, wrote to the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) a statutory body dedicated to the development of village industries, about the potential of a 1,000-year-old paper-making craft of the Monpa tribe in Arunachal Pradesh that was languishing.
Taking note of his letter, the KVIC took appropriate actions. Following months of planning, which was abruptly halted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the KVIC launched a Monpa handmade paper making unit on 25 December at an erstwhile abandoned government building in Tawang. Called ‘Mon Shugu’, this fine-textured handmade paper is an integral part of Monpa history.
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The production of Khadi Prakritik Paint is aligned with Prime Minister s vision of increasing farmers income.??
This technology will increase the consumption of cow dung as a raw material for eco-friendly products.
It will generate additional revenue to farmers and gaushalas.
This technology will increase the consumption of cow dung as a raw material for eco-friendly products and will generate additional revenue to farmers and gaushalas.
NEW DELHI: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways and MSME Nitin Gadkari will launch an innovative new paint developed by Khadi and Village Industries Commission on Tuesday at his residence.
According to a press statement from the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, the eco-friendly, non-toxic paint, called Khadi Prakritik Paint is a first-of-its-kind product, with anti-fungal, anti-bacterial properties. Based on cow dung as its main ingredient, the paint is cost-effective and odourless and has been certif
NEW DELHI: Union minister Nitin Gadkari will launching an innovative new paint developed by Khadi and Village Industries Commission on Tuesday.
The eco-friendly, non-toxic paint, called “Khadi Prakritik Paint” is a first-of-its-kind product, with anti-fungal, anti-bacterial properties. Based on cow dung as its main ingredient, the paint is cost-effective and odorless, and has been certified by Bureau of Indian Standards, Gadkari s office said in a statement.
Khadi Prakritik Paint is available in two forms – distemper paint and plastic emulsion paint. The project was conceptualized by KVIC in March 2020, and later developed by Kumarappa National Handmade Paper Institute, Jaipur (a KVIC unit).