Cows to get unique identification numbers, tags with details of horn, tail: Centre’s proposal to SC

[The Eagle]

I have reviewed my posts and they considered cow as mata and thats what i mentioned in my post so dont know how its offensive for you . If you enjoy misusing your new power then its another matter.

Read the message you received as pre-warning without fraction. However, you did not quote cow alone.

 

[AndrewJin]

Is every high-caste Hindu dreaming to be a cow in his/her afterlife?

 

[AnnoyingOrange]

Is every high-caste Hindu dreaming to be a cow in his/her afterlife?

India is world's biggest producer of Milk you genius.. so the cow is important for economy...Cow is an economic asset that needs to be protected to maintain India's lead in Global Milk production.

 

[Dragon4]

India is world's biggest producer of Milk you genius.. so the cow is important for economy...Cow is an economic asses that needs to be protected to maintain India's lead in Global Milk production.

Doesn't matter to him, Chinese have a thing for the "toxic" milk

 

[Proudpakistaniguy]

Read the message you received as pre-warning without fraction. However, you did not quote cow alone.

And i did quoted photo of cow with biometric card as per proposal in supreme court and said that many animals are considered God in India when he said pig . Its all fact and thats what they believe
What you expect in such thread? Serious discussion and praise for such stupidity?
.. any way forget about it and enjoy your strict moderation

 

[AnnoyingOrange]

Cows to get unique identification numbers, tags with details of horn, tail: Centre’s proposal to SC
The committee, set up in pursuance of the court order, has recommended having tamper-proof identification of cattle.

The committee, set up in pursuance of the court order, has recommended having tamper-proof identification of cattle.(Raj K Raj/HT Photo)
The central government will soon approve tamper-proof identity tags for all cattle in the country that will document a range of data, including a unique number and the type of their horn and tail, solicitor general Ranjit Kumar told the Supreme Court on Monday.

A government-appointed panel headed by a joint secretary of the Union home ministry came up with the idea as part of efforts to prevent illegal transportation of cattle and livestock to Bangladesh.

The panel’s report was submitted on the top court on Monday, and Kumar told the bench headed by Chief Justice JS Khehar that the government backed the suggestions.

“The government will issue a formal notification soon,” Kumar said.

The polyurethane tags will contain identification details such as the age, breed, sex, lactation, height, color, horn type, tail switch and special marks of cattle heads and its “progeny”.

The top court is hearing a petition to stop the smuggling of cattle to be slaughtered at beef export units.

Focus on cow protection, especially by vigilante groups, has risen since the BJP-led government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi took power at the Centre three years ago. There has been a string of cow-related violence but many state governments, particularly those ruled by the BJP, have defended the action on the grounds that the animal is considered holy by many Hindus.

Critics, however, accuse these vigilante groups of targeting people, mostly from the Muslim and Dalit communities.

Cows, buffaloes and other cattle are issued identity tags when they are insured. But the new proposal seeks ID cards are all cattle.

The government-backed panel’s recommendations included strengthening of institutional framework against cattle smuggling, sensitisation of enforcement agencies, the setting up of homes with guards for stray cattle and stricter prosecution.

The panel identified the reasons for smuggling of cattle and evolved a comprehensive future plan to stop it. Such incidents were said to be the highest in West Bengal and Assam which have borders with Bangladesh.

The idea to have unique tags came after the panel members learnt that the seized cattle heads, which get auctioned by the customs department, reach smugglers who re-sell them across the border.

The panel took a view that the responsibility of safety and care of abandoned animals was mainly of the states. Asking the government to make tamper-proof identification of cattle mandatory, the committee suggested having a state-level data bank to be uploaded on government websites and linked to an online national database.

Setting-up of animal centres or kanji houses and dry dairies at district levels should be done for the production of organic gas and sold at minimum support price, the panel said. Every owner should maintain a registration card that should be transferred to the new one if there is legitimate sale.

A nodal officer may be appointed as registrar of cattle in each state and the Centre must increase the penalty under the law to punish those who are found to be cruel to animals were some of the other recommendations. At present a fine of Rs 50 is imposed on a person found guilty of cruelty.

Animal transportation should be done strictly as per the regulations under the Motor Vehicles Act and transports department may prepare a data of cases where people are booked for illegal transportation of cattle.

No animal should be allowed to be transported without a “fitness to move” certificate so that illegal movement of livestock across the state is curbed, the panel recommended.



http://www.hindustantimes.com/india...posal-to-sc/story-bjgVIC4ApUm2FIf2V8SGAI.html

India is world's biggest milk producer and last Year India’s milk production has crossed 155 million tonnes mark.. . About 1.7 lakh dairy cooperatives are serving almost 15.8 million milk producers, one-third of them being women, across the country by providing them market access and input services, thereby strengthening their livelihoods. On t op of t hat India exported 30000 Tons of Milk and milk products to earn foreign currency for country.... There is a multi billion dollar economy associated with COW...that's the reason Government of India has taken this decision....

 

[The Eagle]

And i did quoted photo of cow with biometric card as per proposal in supreme court and said that many animals are considered God in India when he said pig . Its all fact and thats what they believe
What you expect in such thread? Serious discussion and praise for such stupidity?
.. any way forget about it and enjoy your strict moderation

Indeed it is about to enjoy a healthy and productive discussion with civility and manners. None asked for praise any stupidity but we are not suppose to insult or provoke in any case. One can still make his/her point within the norms and by maintaining the decorum.

Thanks.

 

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Delhi eyes ID system to protect India’s 190m cows
India has laid out an ambitious plan to assign a unique identification number to all of its 190m cattle, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government intensifies efforts to protect an animal revered as “the mother” of the nation.

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The mandatory cattle identification scheme — similar to the biometrically linked ID numbers issued to 1.1bn Indians — has been proposed by India’s home ministry, which wants to stop the smuggling of old, unproductive cows to Bangladesh, where they are sought after for their meat and leather.

As part of its comprehensive cow protection plan, India’s home ministry also wants every district to set up large cow shelters — essentially bovine retirement homes, where unproductive animals can be fed and looked after in their dotage.

The ministry also wants anyone seeking to transport a cow to first obtain a “fitness to move” certificate from a government veterinarian. It said private parties should be prohibited from transporting cattle across state lines, restricting such movements exclusively to government agencies.

The detailed cow protection plan comes as Mr Modi’s Bharatiya Janata party prioritises its drive to stop all cow slaughter — a crime that his home state of Gujarat made punishable by life imprisonment last month.

Government rhetoric about stronger protection for cows has also been accompanied by a growing number of violent attacks by self-proclaimed “cow defenders” on Muslims found transporting cattle. This month a Muslim dairy farmer was beaten to death by vigilantes in Rajasthan after he purchased a dairy cow from Jaipur and tried to take it home to his village.

The discourse over cow protection is highly polarising in India, given that many Muslims, as well as some low-caste Hindus, have traditionally considered beef more dinner than deity.

India would not be the first country to require mandatory tagging of cows. In the EU, farmers must also obtain identification numbers for all cattle, whose births, deaths, illnesses and movements must be reported to a centralised tracing system.

These tracing systems, set up in 1997 after the “mad cow disease” crisis, are use to control outbreaks of infectious diseases, ensure food safety standards and help calculate subsidies.

However, India’s scheme is intended solely for the protection of the cows, whose interests Mr Modi defended in an emotional 2014 tirade against the country’s rising meat exports, which had grown to $4.7bn a year, up from $1.1bn in 2009-10.

Supporting ever more aged cows will add to the pressure on India’s strained government finances. Rajasthan, which has become popular among international manufacturers, last month levied a new 10 per cent “cow protection” surcharge on stamp duties for mortgages and lease agreements to support its geriatric cattle.

Analysts suggest the cow protection campaign could backfire by deterring farmers from investing in cows, which will no longer have a market value once they stop producing milk.

According to the 2012 Livestock Census, India’s cattle population fell 4 per cent from 2007 to 2012, while the population of buffalo, which are not held sacred by Hindus and have traditionally faced few restrictions on their trade or movements, rose 3 per cent in the same period.

India also has about 5.2m stray cattle abandoned by owners either unable or unwilling to bear the hefty cost of feeding them. According to the Livestock Census, nearly 1m of these unwanted animals are in urban areas.

https://www.ft.com/content/839a0642-2978-11e7-9ec8-168383da43b7

 

[Bibo]

First move to make them recognized members of society

 

[Fledgingwings]

 

[RazaGujjar]

Yet they have no issue in selling their "mother" for $$$..

India remains biggest exporter of beef..

 

[Imran Khan]

next will be ration cards - passports and voter lists of cow

 

[Qutb-ud-din Aybak]

Next indian PM may be shiri shiri ravi gaye matha.

 

[graphican]

A question form Indian fellows;

Are cows still being used for ploughing fields like shown in the image? If yes, what is the take of Indians when cows are;

• kept in chains
• laboured like animals in fields
• and beaten with sticks?

How would you react to these "abuses" towards them? What are Indians doing to make sure that their "lords" do not labour like slaves anymore?

 

[YeBeWarned]