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Cows live better than the poor in Rajasthan! State to pay Rs 70 (80p) per cow per day, and Rs 26.65 (30p) for those living below the poverty line
The state government is willing to open its coffers for cow welfare more than it is willing to spend on people who live Below Poverty Line (BPL) or earn under the MGNREGA rural employment scheme.
The Vasundhara Rajeled state government is all set to pay Rs 70 for the upkeep of each cow per day and half the amount for calves.
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An elderly man with a sacred cow in Rajasthan
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A statue of a cow is seen during a protest and fast by Indian Hindu devotees against the slaughter of a cow in the southern state of Kerala on June 1, 2017
Compared to this, it spends just Rs 26.65 per person on welfare schemes.
The state also imposes tougher terms with a person who earns bellow Rs 28 (33p) per day in a Rajasthan city considered to be belonging to the BPL category. However in rural areas the corresponding figure is Rs 25.16 (30p).
To manage this expenditure, the government has been levying 10% cow tax on 33 types of transactions.
This kind of special treatment for the bovines has come to the fore after thousands of cows died due to official apathy at the Hingonia shelter in state capital Jaipur.
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The state government is willing to open its coffers for cow welfare more than it is willing to spend on people who live the Below Poverty Line (BPL) or earn under the MGNREGA rural employment scheme.
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Cows are revered in the Hindu scriptures as the 'mother' of civilisation and many worshippers equate the slaughter of cows or eating beef as blasphemy
Detractors say Hindu hardliners and cow vigilante groups have been increasingly asserting themselves since the Narendra Modi government came to power at the Centre in 2014.
The PM broke his silence on Thursday over a wave of attacks on people accused of eating beef or slaughtering cows, saying that killing in the name of the animal - revered by many Hindus - is wrong.
In Dholpur district of Rajasthan, Rashid belongs to a BPL family and manages his household expenditure by running a rickshaw.
He lives with his family on rent in a kuchha home and earns Rs 60 to 70 per day. With that money, he has to manage not just his own expenses but for his wife and two children as well.
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Indian cattle have religious protection in Rajasthan India
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In January, Rajasthan's cow department decided the amounts of Rs 32 per cow and Rs 16 per calf per day for a period of three months.
After this, an emergency management team and the municipal council in 13 districts and in cities such as Jaipur decided to raise the bar to Rs 70 per cow per day and Rs 35 per calf per day.
According to the government order, this money has to be spent on food for cows and calves.
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Cows in India enjoy a good quality of life
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Indian women prepare to bless a cow during a Hindu Bach Baras ritual in the Rajasthan city of Udaipur
CCTV cameras have to be installed across cow shelters and the CDs of cows being fed will have to be handed over to the government.
All abandoned cows will be taken care of as part of this ambitious plan.
'The social welfare schemes related to the common man are being shut and cows are being provided with Rs 70 per day,' said Congress spokesperson Dr Archana Sharma.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-4652228/Rajasthan-pay-Rs-70-80p-cow-day.html
- The Vasundhara Rajeled state government pays Rs 70 for the upkeep of each cow per day
- However the government spends just Rs 26.65 per person in welfare schemes
- £1 is currently approximately Rs 84.12
- According to the government order, this money has to be spent on food for cows
The state government is willing to open its coffers for cow welfare more than it is willing to spend on people who live Below Poverty Line (BPL) or earn under the MGNREGA rural employment scheme.
The Vasundhara Rajeled state government is all set to pay Rs 70 for the upkeep of each cow per day and half the amount for calves.
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An elderly man with a sacred cow in Rajasthan
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A statue of a cow is seen during a protest and fast by Indian Hindu devotees against the slaughter of a cow in the southern state of Kerala on June 1, 2017
Compared to this, it spends just Rs 26.65 per person on welfare schemes.
The state also imposes tougher terms with a person who earns bellow Rs 28 (33p) per day in a Rajasthan city considered to be belonging to the BPL category. However in rural areas the corresponding figure is Rs 25.16 (30p).
To manage this expenditure, the government has been levying 10% cow tax on 33 types of transactions.
This kind of special treatment for the bovines has come to the fore after thousands of cows died due to official apathy at the Hingonia shelter in state capital Jaipur.
+8
The state government is willing to open its coffers for cow welfare more than it is willing to spend on people who live the Below Poverty Line (BPL) or earn under the MGNREGA rural employment scheme.
+8
Cows are revered in the Hindu scriptures as the 'mother' of civilisation and many worshippers equate the slaughter of cows or eating beef as blasphemy
Detractors say Hindu hardliners and cow vigilante groups have been increasingly asserting themselves since the Narendra Modi government came to power at the Centre in 2014.
The PM broke his silence on Thursday over a wave of attacks on people accused of eating beef or slaughtering cows, saying that killing in the name of the animal - revered by many Hindus - is wrong.
In Dholpur district of Rajasthan, Rashid belongs to a BPL family and manages his household expenditure by running a rickshaw.
He lives with his family on rent in a kuchha home and earns Rs 60 to 70 per day. With that money, he has to manage not just his own expenses but for his wife and two children as well.
+8
Indian cattle have religious protection in Rajasthan India
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In January, Rajasthan's cow department decided the amounts of Rs 32 per cow and Rs 16 per calf per day for a period of three months.
After this, an emergency management team and the municipal council in 13 districts and in cities such as Jaipur decided to raise the bar to Rs 70 per cow per day and Rs 35 per calf per day.
According to the government order, this money has to be spent on food for cows and calves.
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Cows in India enjoy a good quality of life
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Indian women prepare to bless a cow during a Hindu Bach Baras ritual in the Rajasthan city of Udaipur
CCTV cameras have to be installed across cow shelters and the CDs of cows being fed will have to be handed over to the government.
All abandoned cows will be taken care of as part of this ambitious plan.
'The social welfare schemes related to the common man are being shut and cows are being provided with Rs 70 per day,' said Congress spokesperson Dr Archana Sharma.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-4652228/Rajasthan-pay-Rs-70-80p-cow-day.html
