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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Amid Backlash, Modi Government Eases Rules on Cattle Trade

Amid Backlash, Modi Government Eases Rules on Cattle Trade

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published Published on Mar 1, 2018   modified Modified on Mar 1, 2018
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Any reference to the term “slaughter” will be removed in the new version of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Regulation of Livestock Market) Rules, 2017.

New Delhi:
Less than a year after the Centre banned the sale and purchase of ‘cattle’ from animal markets for slaughter, thus depriving farmers of any resale value for their cattle and leading to a spike in cow vigilantism, the Modi government has decided to launch a significant rollback of its order.

According to an Indian Express report, the government will remove any reference to the term “slaughter” in the new version of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Regulation of Livestock Market) Rules, 2017. The rules first notified by the environment ministry on May 23, 2017, under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, had triggered an immediate backlash because of the negative impact it had on the stakeholders in the cattle-based trade and economy across the country.

As Sagari R. Ramda broke it down, by equating ‘slaughter’ with cruelty and criminalising the trade and transportation of animals for slaughter at animal markets as an act of cruelty, the government “has effectively enforced a country-wide ban on the slaughter of buffaloes and cattle, and the consumption of beef, despite statements of denial from the environment minister.”

Not only had the Centre’s move negatively impacted the livelihoods of those linked to dairy farming, leather production and beef export, it had also led to an increase in number of cast-off cattle. In the absence of a market, farmers were being forced to let the animals go after they were of no use to them, and the stray cattle, in turn, wrecked havoc on the crops.

Just weeks after the government’s ban on cattle trade, there were reports of angry farmers chasing cows with lathis and acid sprayers to protect their crops. Further, rumours of cow slaughter and sale of beef had triggered violence in several parts of the country. The fear of being attacked by cow vigilantes ran high.

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TheWire.in, 27 February, 2018, https://thewire.in/228011/amid-backlash-modi-government-eases-rules-on-cattle-trade/


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