Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
Livestock Census is a regular quinquennial exercise of Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying (DAHD). The first Livestock Census was conducted in the year 1919 and last census i.e. 20th Livestock Census was conducted in 2019. The 21st Livestock Census exercise has been launched across the country on 25th October, …
Gujarat Bovine Breeding (Regulation) Bill passed on March 28, 2025 provides for constitution of the Gujarat Bovine Breeding Regulatory Authority (GBBRA). This body will regulate bovine breeding activities such as the use of bovine breeding bulls for production, processing, storage, sale and distribution of semen as well as artificial insemination …
Order of the High Court of Kerala in the matter of Sangita Iyer Vs Guruvayur Devasom & Others dated 17/02/2025. The Kerala High Court directed the Deputy Administrator (Livestock) of Guruvayoor Devaswom to file a detailed affidavit explaining the procedures being followed in Guruvayur Devaswom for booking and transporting elephants …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of In Re: Unchecked cattle sheds on the opposite side of police outpost in Bidhannagar, dispute regarding its demolition Vs Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Environment, Government of West Bengal & Others dated 19/03/2024. Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Bombay Natural History Society & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 19/02/2024. The matter related to management of feral, free-ranging and domesticated dogs in wildlife habitats and forests. The petitioner said that although guidelines have been framed …
Order of the Himachal Pradesh High Court dated December 21, 2023 regarding mismanagement of the Radhe Krishna Cow Sanctuary in Luthan, Kangra. The Secretary, District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), Kangra is directed to visit the cow sanctuary in question and verify the allegations leveled by the petitioner against the respondents …
Order of the Karnataka High Court on stray dogs. The applicant had prayed for appropriate action to regulate the life and movement of stray dogs and for implementation of Animal Welfare Board of India’s (AWBI) Guidelines on Pet and Street/Stray dogs-2015. The intention of serving food to street dogs is …
The key objective of this paper is to demonstrate what smallholders can do in the dairy sector given the right ecosystem. India’s story of the “white revolution” is a story that can inspire millions in smallholder economies. It has important lessons in terms of government policies that supported and encouraged …
Order of the High Court of Delhi in the matter of Anita Santiago Vs Municipal Corporation of Delhi & Others dated 11/09/2023. The present Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed by the Petitioner bringing attention to the mechanism adopted by the MCD for the capture and subsequent release of …
Judgment of the Delhi High Court in the matter of Rahul Mohod Vs The Govt of NCT Delhi & Others dated 06/09/2023. The petitioner through a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) said that he lost his pet dog to Canine Distemper virus in 2019. Petitioner said that the attending veterinarian failed …
Himachal Pradesh High Court, August 31, 2023 directed the Animal Welfare Board of India under the control of Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying (Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying) to give practical suggestions to Himachal Pradesh regarding control of the monkey menace and also the stray dogs menace …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Santoshpur Mitali Sangha Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 04/08/2023. The matter related to illegally operation of a ‘Gaushala’ in the name and style of ‘Suravi Sadan Gaushala’ under the Rajasthan Gokalyan Trust. It is alleged that the …
The Government has recently introduced the Draft Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Rules, 2023, with the aim of strengthening animal welfare efforts across the country. The rules are designed to establish a comprehensive framework for the effective functioning of Societies for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCAs) and …
Order of the High Court of Gujarat in the matter of Mustak Hussain Mehndi Hussain Kadri Vs Jagadip Narayan Singh dated 11/07/2023. The matter related to cattle menace in Gujarat. Gujarat High Court directed the state of Gujarat to frame policy or issued administrative instructions "crystallizing the steps, which are …
Order of the High Court of Kerala at Ernakulam in the matter of Dr C P Abdul Kabeer Vs Union Territory of Lakshadweep & Others dated June 27, 2023. The counsel for the petitioner pointed out inspite of the directions passed by the court, no steps have been taken by …
The Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying (MoFAHD) on June 07, 2023, issued a notification regarding inviting comments/ suggestions on the Draft Live-Stock and Live-Stock Products [Importation and Exportation] Bill, 2023. An Act to frame measures for the regulation of the importation of live-stock and live-stock products as well …
Reply by the Additional Chief Secretary to Government of Kerala in Original Application 184/22 filed by M N Jayachandran before the National Green Tribunal. M N Jayachandran in his petition before the NGT had alleged that Biji P Mathew was running tourism activities in the encroached area of the Periyar …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rahul Dev Sagar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 16/03/2023. Grievance in the application is against failure of the Gram Panchayat Gurgawan, block Tilhar, district Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh to scientifically manage wet and dry waste as well as waste from …
NITI Aayog released the Task Force report titled “Production and Promotion of Organic and Bio fertilisers with Special Focus on Improving Economic Viability of Gaushalas”. The Task Force was constituted by NITI Aayog to suggest measures to make gaushalas economically viable, address problem of stray and abandoned cattle and effective …
A joint committee comprising the Punjab Pollution Control Board and the District Magistrate, Faridkot was directed by the NGT, February 22 to look into the allegation of pipelines being laid for disposal of cattle and dairy waste which is being discharged in open area adjoining Kotkapura-Faridkot main road near a …
