CENTRE TO LAUNCH INNOVATIVE, ECO-FRIENDLY, NON-TOXIC WALL PAINT

CENTRE TO LAUNCH INNOVATIVE, ECO-FRIENDLY, NON-TOXIC WALL PAINT

Context

Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways & MSME to launch an innovative new paint developed by Khadi and Village Industries Commission.

Details

• The eco-friendly, non-toxic paint, called“Khadi Prakritik Paint” is a first-of-its-kind product, with anti-fungal, anti-bacterial properties.
• Khadi Prakritik Paint is available in two forms – distemper paint and plastic emulsion paint.
• The project was conceptualized by Chairman KVIC in March 2020 and later developed by Kumarappa National Handmade Paper Institute, Jaipur (a KVIC unit).
• The paint is free from heavy metals like lead, mercury, chromium, arsenic, cadmium and others.
• It will be a boost to local manufacturing and will create sustainable local employment through technology transfer.
• This technology will increase the consumption of cow dung as a raw material for eco-friendly products and will generate additional revenue to farmers and gaushalas.

About Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC)

• It is a statutory body formed in April 1957 (During 2nd Five Year plan)(as per an RTI) by the Government of India, under the Act of Parliament, '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.
• It 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 wherever necessary.