Beef isn't banned in India .
I have seen many restaurants especially 5 star hotels serving meat in Maharashtra .
I had eaten beef for the first and the last time in Kerala .
So even that state doesn't ban beef .
Can U people give a source which says Beef is banned in whole of India ..
There might be a ban on some states like alcohol is banned only in Gujarat
Sir,
1.Do you mean to say 5 star hotels in mumbai serve beef ? Which one i'd like to know since i also work in Mumbai. I certainly hope its not the Taj or Rennaissance powai.
2. Cow slaugher/Beef is NOT banned all over India but only in northern states - J & K (since days of Dogra Maharaja's rule), H.P., Punjab,Haryana, Rajasthan, M.P., Gujarat and possibly Orissa.The Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Bill, 2010, is awaiting the Governors assent. The scope of the ban differs from state to state.
○ Tamil Nadu bans cow slaughter but not the consumption of beef.
○ In Punjab and Haryana, cow slaughter is a criminal offence. The sale of beef is banned but consumption is not penalised.
○ Maharashtra bans the killing of cows but bullocks, female buffaloes and calves can be killed on getting a fit-for-slaughter certificate.
○ West Bengals Animal Slaughter Control Act bans the slaughter of healthy cows with offences carrying jail terms of up to six months. There is no ban on the consumption of beef or slaughter if carried out in government or municipal slaughterhouses after a certificate from a veterinarian. The act exempts slaughter for religious purposes. The Supreme Court has said however that such exclusions are illegal.
○ Kerala, with a vast beef eating population, does not have a ban. Beef is sold at meat shops. None of the northeastern states has a ban on cow slaughter and beef is consumed widely.
3. Liquor is also officially banned in most NE states - Nagaland, Mizoram, Arunachal, Manipur at least. People in those parts will readily give their right hand for a bottle of liquor from the only source in those parts - army/paramilitary wet canteen.