Lok Sabha Question No. 253 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-08
Subject: Khadi Prakritik Paint
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Ranjeetsingh Naik Nimbalkar, Devji Mansingram Patel, Sunil Kumar Singh, Lallu Singh, Arun Sao, Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 253 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.12.2022

## KHADI PRAKRITIK PAINT

253. SHRI RANJEETSINGH HINDURAO NAIK NIMBALKAR:

SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH:

SHRI LALLU SINGH:

SHRI ARUN SAO:

SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE:

Will the Minister of MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Khadi & Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has formulated any plan to boost manufacturing of Khadi Prakritik paint using cow dung as raw material;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the number of such paint manufacturing units set up so far in the country along with employment generated therefrom, State-wise; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to set up prakritik paint manufacturing units across the country, particularly in Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh in order to create additional income per animal per year as well as employment generation?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SHRI BHANU PRATAP SINGH VERMA)

(a)&(b):     Yes Sir, Khadi Prakratik Paint has been developed from cow dung as raw material by  Kumarappa  National  Handmade  Paper  Institute  (KNHPI),  Jaipur,  a  unit  of  Khadi  and Village Industries  Commission(KVIC). KNHPI,  Jaipur, has signed  Memorandum  of Understanding (MoU) with 92 entrepreneurs for technology transfer, after receiving five days of  short  duration  training  to  set  up  Khadi  Prakritik  Paint  manufacturing  unit.  State-wise details of Khadi Prakritik Paint manufacturing units in the country is Annexed.

- (c): KNHPI, Jaipur has signed Technology Transfer Agreement (MoU) with Chhattisgarh Rajya Gau Sewa Aayog, Raipur for manufacturing of Khadi prakritik paint.

KVIC has identified five Departmental Multi-Disciplinary Training Centres (MDTCs) located  at  Bangalore  (Karnataka),  Bhubaneswar  (Odisha),  Guwahati  (Assam),  Nashik (Maharashtra)  &  Panjokhera  (UP)  and  two  Non-Departmental  Training  Centres  located  at Khadi Gramodyog  Vidyalaya-Sevapuri (UP) &  Deendayal Research Institute (DRI)Chitrakot (MP), for imparting training in prakritik paint manufacturing.

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Annexure referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (a)&(b)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question No.253 for answer on 08.12.2022

State-wise details of Khadi Prakritik Paint manufacturing units in the country

| Sr. No.   | Name of the State   |   No. of Units |
|-----------|---------------------|----------------|
| 1         | Assam               |              1 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh      |              1 |
| 3         | Bihar               |              5 |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh        |              3 |
| 5         | Gujarat             |              7 |
| 6         | Haryana             |              2 |
| 7         | Jharkhand           |              2 |
| 8         | Karnataka           |              4 |
| 9         | Madhya Pradesh      |             10 |
| 10        | Maharashtra         |             21 |
| 11        | Odisha              |              3 |
| 12        | Rajasthan           |             13 |
| 13        | Telangana           |              2 |
| 14        | Tamil Nadu          |              2 |
| 15        | Uttar Pradesh       |             13 |
| 16        | Uttrakhand          |              2 |
| 17        | West Bengal         |              1 |
|           | Total Units         |             92 |