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New Delhi : Kadhenu Deepawali 2021 campaign was launched to manufacture and market more than 100 crore Cow dung based Deepak, lamps, and Laxmi-Ganesh Idols. Dr Vallabhbhai Kathiria, former Cabinet Minister and former Chairman of Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog, organised a National Webinar with his team launching Kamdhenu Depawali.
Union Fisheries & Animal Husbandry Minister Parushottam Rupala participated at the event joined by Cow Entrepreneurs and Cow lovers across India. Meeting, With this, Webinars and Training programmes for Kamdhenu Deepawali also started in every State.
Kamdhenu Deepawali aims to make Cows economically useful by proper economic use of Cow Dung and Cow Urine too along with its Milks, Curd, Ghee. More than 300 items are being made now by Panchgavya Entrepreneurs from Cow. This includes Deepawali items too like – Deepak, Candles, Sambrani cup, Havansamagri, Dhoopbatti, incense sticks, Hard board, Wall piece, Laxmi-Ganesh idols etc made of Cow dung.
The Gomaya lamps made by Cow Entrepreneurs and Cow owners will save the environment by providing eco-friendly alternative to chemical based Chinese lights. Last year, crores of Cow dung Deepak, lamps were manufactured across India. Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog provided training along with many voluntary organisations 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. 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, according to a PIB release.
Dr Vallabhbhai Kathiria said that we have generated interest of farmers, unemployed, Self Help Groups, Youth and Women entrepreneurs in Cow dung based Start Ups through various National campaigns. Result is visible through so many Start Ups of Panchgavya products. i Neeraj Chowdhary, a young Entreprenur from Uttarakhand, demonstrated at webinar how to make Cow dung based lamps and Laxmi Ganesh idols within minute. He also exhibited wide range of Cow dung based products. He presented Nameplate of Cabinet Minister Parshottam Rupala made of Cow dung. He also talked about the training programme that his organisation is providing for Cow dung based products.
Union Minister Rupala motivated all the Cow Entrepreneurs and Gaushala owners present at the webinar. He appreciated the initiatives of Dr Vallbhbhai Kathiria and his team for Cow welfare and Cow Entrepreneurship activites across India. Rupala informed that he is planning to promote Cow dung made logs in place of wooden logs during death rites. He informed that the Ministry is working on adding Cows to every Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) across India and making them as Demonstration unit as well as Training centre for Cow Entrepreneurship. He also suggested that the way we promote Khadi products around Gandhi Jayanti, in the same way we should come up with a designated day around Deepawali when all should be encouraged to buy Gomaya products across India.