Khadi Prakritik Paint

Khadi Prakritik Paint launched by the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC). The "Khadi Prakritik Paint" is a first-of-its-kind product based on cow dung as its main ingredient. It is cost-effective as well as odourless and has been certified by the Bureau of Indian Standards.

• This will boost socially, economically and educationally backward area's development and arrest migration of rural populace to metropolises
• This technology will increase the consumption of cow dung as a raw material for eco-friendly products and will generate additional revenue to farmers

About Khadi and Village Industries Commission
Established                         : 1957
Under Aegis of                    : Union Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

The Khadi and Village Industries Commission is a statutory body formed in April 1957 by the Government of India, under the Khadi and Village Industries Commission Act of 1956.  It is an apex organisation under the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, with regard to khadi and village industries within India, which seeks to - "plan, promote, facilitate, organise and assist in the establishment and development of khadi and village industries in the rural areas in coordination with other agencies engaged in rural development.

Sources :  The Hindu