-The Hindu The Hindu drove across Sahibabad, Modinagar, Muradnagar and Meerut on Wednesday, days after the crackdown on illegal slaughter houses, shops An innocuous question — “where can I buy meat from?” — is met with curious glances and varied responses in Uttar Pradesh. Some will ask you to hush up, others will ignore your query and a few may lend a helping hand by pointing towards shops and offering tips on...
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Crashing sales, fear of vigilantes push cattle farmers to the edge in Yogi Adityanath's UP -Gulam Jeelani
-Hindustan Times Dhanaura (Bulandshahr): Every Wednesday, until two weeks ago, farmers from Dhanaura, adjoining villages and beyond would sell at least 500 spent (no longer productive) buffaloes to meat traders at this LICenced weekly market in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr, about 80 km from Delhi. Not anymore. On March 29, the second Wednesday since the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government launched its crackdown on illegal slaughterhouses, it was not business as usual at...
More »Aadhaar to be mandatory for driving LICence -Dipak K Dash
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: In a move to check multiple driving LICenses under one name, the Centre will ask states to make Aadhaar identification necessary for a new LICence as well as for those seeking renewal. This is expected to prevent the issuance of multiple LICences, means adopted to beat the suspension of LICence for traffic, criminal offences or for fake identity. The Aadhaar number's biometrics details will help prevent such...
More »Meat row? CM Yogi Adityanath enforcing laws that existed for years -Priyanka Singh
-The Times of India LUCKNOW: Even as people go ballistic over news of meat shops being closed down across UP, what the government is doing is simply enforcing rules regarding slaughter and transport of animals. These rules were hardly wielded by municipal corporations so far. Under the Uttar Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1959, it is a mandatory service of local bodies to provide fresh and hygienic meat to people while ensuring construction...
More »Aadhaar is now must for free LPG connection under PMUY scheme
-PTI New Delhi: The government has made having an Aadhaar card must for poor women to avail of free cooking gas (LPG) connection under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana. While the government in October last year had made the unique identification number mandatory for everyone to get LPG subsidies, it has now extended the same for free cooking gas connections to women of BPL households. The government had last year launched the Pradhan...
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