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Pradeep Kumar

04/10/21 09:25 AM IST

Kamdhenu Deepawali 2021 campaign

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Kamdhenu Deepawali campaign launched to promote Cow Entrepreneurship and Cow based Panchgavya products.

Details
  • Special Cow dung basedlamps are being made for Kamdhenu Deepawali.
  • Government will provide full support to Kamdhenu Deepawali, Each Gaushala should be made Self Sustainable.
  • Kamdhenu Deepawali is to make Cows to be economically useful by proper economic use of Cow Dung and Cow Urine too along with its Milks, Curd, Ghee.
  • More than 300 items are getting made now byPanchgavya from Cow.
  • This includes Deepawali items too like – Deepak, Lamps, Candles, Sambrani cup, Havansamagri, Dhoopbatti, incense sticks, Hard board, Wall piece, Laxmi-Ganesh idols etc made up of Cow dung.
Significance
  • Last year Crores of Cow dung Deepak, lamps were manufactured across India.
  • Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog provided training along with many Volunteer organizations across India.
  • This gave rise to large number of Cow dung based Start Ups.
  • This time the campaign is committed to take the initiative to higher levels. Cow Entrepreneurs across India will get benefitted by this campaign.
  • This Eco friendly campaign will also help Gaushalas to become Self Sustainable. This will empower Prime Minister’s vision of ‘StartUp India’, ‘Aatmnirbhar Bharat’ too.
Source: PIB

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