Nation- wide campaign to celebrate Kamdhenu Deepawali Abhiyan started

Nation- wide campaign to celebrate Kamdhenu Deepawali Abhiyan started

Part of: GS Prelims and GS-II – Policies

In news

• Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog (RKA) recently started a nation- wide campaign to celebrate Kamdhenu Deepawali Abhiyan on the occasion of Deepawali festival.
• Through this campaign, the RKA is promoting extensive use of cow-dung/ Panchgavya products during this Diwali Festival.

Important value additions

Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog (RKA)

• It was constituted by Indian Prime Minister for the conservation, protection and development of cows and their progeny and for giving direction to the cattle development programmes.
• It is a high powered permanent body to formulate policy and to provide direction to the implementation of schemes related to cattle so as to give more emphasis on livelihood generation.