The Niti Aayog is working on a avenue plot to manufacture the ‘gaushala (cow refuge) economic system’ to enable commercial use of cow urine and cow dung for a couple of positive aspects, both in India and in a international country, acknowledged other folks aware about the subject
A team of authorities officials beneath Niti Aayog member Ramesh Chand has been visiting enormous gaushalas in Vrindavan, Rajasthan and other components of India to evaluate their prerequisites and accordingly put up a document with a avenue plot to present a fillip to the gaushala economic system.
The document, outlining the industrial doubtless of cattle and the measures distinguished to harness the gaushala economic system, will seemingly be submitted almost right this moment, a senior authorities legit advised ET.

“The postulate is to fetch gaushalas economically viable. With a focal level on pure farming, there might per chance be tall doubtless for use of cow urine and cow dung in pure farming,” acknowledged the legit, who did not love to be identified.
In accordance with the legit, Indian cattle change into unproductive sources as soon as their milk output is reduced. “With a focal level on other products from the cattle, they’ll proceed to be a earnings generator for the gaushalas and the country as a full,” acknowledged the legit.
Rather then its use as fertiliser, cow urine has intensive ask in sectors akin to pharmaceuticals and natural products. Moreover, cow dung might per chance be converted into gaukasth or logs made of cow dung that will seemingly be utilized in crematoriums.
Madhya Pradesh has taken a lead in the country by incentivising farmers to rear cattle and undertake pure farming. The enlighten has additionally location up cow sanctuaries and shelters to carry ethical care of its cattle and the models might per chance well well additionally be replicated all the highest diagram via India.
In accordance with the Nationwide Dairy Building Board, India had 192.5 million cattle in 2019 and 109.9 million buffaloes, taking the full bovine population to 302.3 million. The quantity, in conserving with Statista, grew to extra than 305 million in 2021, the highest in the arena, with the global cattle population at 996 million.
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