Bangalore: The controversial Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Bill, 2010, passed by the Bharatiya Janata Party government amid protests, has been reserved by Governor H.R. Bhardwaj for consideration of the President.
Bhuj: About 100 cows died after they were not properly fed and left to survive in an inundated panjrapole (cowshed) in Satapar village in Anjar taluka of Kutch over the past week. The animals suddenly started dying since Wednesday evening.
The government is planning to implement livestock insurance scheme in 14 districts of the State to support the farmers in insuring the cattle.
According to a press release, National Insurance Company Ltd, divisional office, in front of Central Market, Mangalore will provide the insurance facility for livestock. The aim is to insure 10,000 cattle in Dakshina Kannada district.
The Madhya Pradesh Assembly on Thursday passed a stringent legislation that punishes cow slaughter with a minimum jail term of one year and a maximum of seven years.
The Madhya Pradesh Prohibition of Cow Slaughter (Amendment) Bill, 2010, punishes offences like storing or transporting beef with a minimum term of six months, which can be extended up to three years.
Madhya Pradesh Animal Husbandry Minister Ajay Vishnoi today said in the Assembly that the government was committed to protect the cows and cattle in the state.
Cattle-keepers had for long been complaining about shrinking grazing land due to increasing pasture areas being handed over to the industries in many States. This concern has now finally been articulated by the chief of the country
The BJP government on Tuesday tabled in the Assembly a Bill that seeks to punish cow slaughter with a jail term of up to seven years, and makes transit permit compulsory if cows are transported through the state.
The passage of cow slaughter ban bill by the Assembly has put the farmers of the taluk in a fix. They are now saddled with the burden of maintaining unyielding and aged cattle.
The passage of cow slaughter ban bill by the Assembly has put the farmers of the taluk in a fix. They are now saddled with the burden of maintaining unyielding and aged cattle.
With protesting Congress and JD(S) members refusing to allow business to be transacted in the Karnataka Assembly, Speaker KG Bhopaiah on Friday adjourned the House sine die, but before that amid the din a Bill to grant more power to the Lokayukta was passed. It was one of the 10 Bills passed by voice vote.
