Team News Riveting
New Delhi, January 11
Khadi and Village Industries had developed eco-friendly, non-toxic paint with the brand name “Khadi Prakritik Paint” that would be a first-of-its-kind product with anti-fungal, antibacterial 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
Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and MSME Nitin Gadkari would launch the product on January 12.
Khadi Prakritik Paint is available in two forms – distemper paint and plastic emulsion paint. Production of Khadi Prakritik Paint is aligned with Prime Minister’s vision of increasing farmers’ income. The project was conceptualized by Chairman KVIC in March 2020, and later developed by Kumarappa National Handmade Paper Institute, Jaipur (a KVIC unit).
The product would be free from heavy metals like lead, mercury, chromium, arsenic, cadmium and others. It would be a boost to local manufacturing and would create sustainable local employment through technology transfer.
The technology would increase consumption of cow dung as a raw material for eco-friendly products and generate additional revenue to the farmers and gaushalas. It is estimated to generate additional income of Rs 30,000 (approx) per annum per animal to farmers/ gaushalas. Utilization of cow dung will also clean the environment and prevent clogging of drains.
Khadi Prakritik Distemper and Emulsion Paints have been tested at 3 reputed National Laboratories. Mumbai-based National Test House, New Delhi-based Shri Ram Institute for Industrial Research and National Test House, Ghaziabad.
Khadi Prakritik Emulsion paint meets BIS 15489:2013 standards; whereas Khadi Prakritik Distemper paint meets BIS 428:2013 standards.
