New Delhi (Sputnik): From fighting religious conversions to beating the heat, the use of cow dung and urine has been quite popular in India, where the animal is deemed sacred. Now the Narendra Modi-led government’s science and technology ministry wants researchers to work on products that can be made from the waste of indigenous cows.
India’s “obsession” with cows and the benefits from its waste is once again in the spotlight with the ministry of science and technology under the Narendra Modi government inviting research proposals under its programme ‘Scientific Utilization through Research Augmentation Prime Products from Indigenous Cows’.
As Indian cows are believed to have unique qualities, their “waste” is also thought to have a healing effect.
Therefore, the government has asked scientists to do a research on uniqueness of pure indigenous Indian cows, including products for the treatment of diseases such as cancer, diabetes, as well as development of products such as mosquito repellent, floor cleaner, hair oil, shampoo etc.
According to the notification of the programme, which was floated on Friday, certain investigations have showed the effective development of an anti-dandruff poly-herbal hair conditioner based on cow urine.
It also mentions the traditional Indian village system of wiping the floor daily with a mixture of water and fresh cow dung so that flies and other insects did not settle there.
It also states that ‘cowpathy’ is a treatment based on products obtained from indigenous cow as used in Ayurveda, one of the world’s oldest healing sciences.
The government has called for proposals from scientists, academicians from research institutions, as well as academics and grassroots organisations for research and development that should be able to ascertain the unique qualities and characteristics of indigenous cows.
The project seems to be an effort to bring back the importance of indigenous cows as their population has been falling over the years.
The 2012 census showed that the Indian cattle population fell by 9% compared with exotic cattle breeds whose population increased by 20%.
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