Governor Acharya Devvrat urged the farmers to rear the Indian breed's cow. He said that to preserve cows in real sense everybody should take pledge to use milk and other products of indigenous cows only. The Governor was addressing the people on the occasion of the launch of Kamdhenu Gau Seva Sadan, formed by Dhyan Yog and Ayurveda Research Institute at kathni near Subthu of Solan district.Acharya Devvrat said that every person has some ailment today, one of the main reason for this is adulteration in food items due to which many diseases are also increasing. He said that as per recent report more than 50 percent of milk products being sold in the market were adulterated. The toxic substances are being sprayed on the fruit. Keeping in view these reports Zero Budget farming campaign has been started in Himachal Pradesh. The basis of this farming is the indigenous cow. He said that scientists from New Zealand and Australia have done researches on cow's milk. They gave A2 the name to the Indian breed cows and A1 name to Jersey and indigenous cow of their own country. However, in their research it was found that A2 milk is more beneficial for human health.
Acharya Devvrat said that one gram cow dung of indigenous cow can be used for cultivation of 30 acres of land. He said 300 grams of bacteria are found in a dung of Indian breed's cow where as non-milking cow dung contains more than 500 million bacteria.Governor while appreciating the efforts of Yog and Ayurveda Research Institute said that the activities like Yoga are beneficial for the welfare of public at large. He said that at this place the works of giving spiritual benefits to the people was being done through yoga. Apart from this, the work of preservation of cows being done here is appreciable, he added.The Governor also announced a grant of two lakh rupees to the ashram for doing more efforts towards cow-farming promotion.Prior to this, the Governor also rewarded practitioners doing excellent work in the field of Ayurveda.Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Dr. Rajiv Saizal while welcoming the Governor said that cow farming was considered one of the best things in Indian culture and tradition. He said that the Indian breed cows not only gives huge quantity of milk but its dung and other substances are too are very beneficial for agriculture. He said that in order to fulfil the resolution of Governor the state government is committed to promote the Zero budget based farming and preservation of indigenous breed of cow. The State Government is spending 25 crores under Prakritik Kheti Khushal Kisan scheme in this financial year. He appreciated the works done by Dhyaan Yoga and Ayurveda Research Institute for social service.Brahmamurthy Yoga Tirtha welcomed the Governor and other dignitaries on this occasion.Governor's Advisor Dr. Shashikant Sharma, Deputy Commissioner Solan Vinod Kumar, SP Madhusudan and other dignitaries were also present on the occasion.