RashtriyaKamdhenuAayog:
- RashtriyaKamdhenuAayog begins nationwide campaign to celebrate “KamdhenuDeepawaliAbhiyan” – Promoting extensive use of cow-dung/ Panchgavya products this Diwali Festival.
- RKA aims reaching 11 crore families to ignite 33 croreDiyas made of cow-dung during this year’s Deepawali festival.
- Apart from generating business opportunities for thousands of cow-based entrepreneurs/farmers, the use of cow-dung products will lead to a cleaner and healthier environment.
- By providing an environmentally friendly alternative to Chinese made Diyas, the campaign will boost the ‘Make in India’ vision also.
- RKA, contituted in2019, is a high-powered permanent apex advisory body with the mandate to help the Central Government to develop appropriate programmes for conservation, sustainable development and genetic upgradation of indigenous breeds of cows.
- It comes under the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.
