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 …
Rohtak, March 28: The mystery disease among cattle continues to rattle cattle owners of Sundana village of the district. Though the fallout of the disease has been reported from a couple of other villages also and the neighboring Jhajjar district, the epicentre of the problem seems to be Sundana village …
Kozhikode: The World Bank has approved a $ 352-million credit for the National Dairy Support Project. The project will cover over 40,000 villages across 14 major dairying states in the country, benefitting an estimated 1.7 million rural households. The States included in the project, such as Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, …
Patna: Bihar government has launched five schemes under fodder development project to provide adequate fodder for the cattle in Bihar, state Animal Husbandry Minister Giriraj Singh said today. Replying to short notice questions by RJD MLC Nawal Kishore Yadav and others in the legislative council, Singh said the schemes were …
In a major relief to bullocks forced to race by their innumerable owners, who take pride in exhibiting or selling them after subjecting them to much torture, the Bombay High Court on Monday quashed a government corrigendum allowing non-castrated bulls to participate in bullock-cart races in the state. While proposing …
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has found holes in implementation of Haryana's ambitious livestock breeding policy for genetic upgradation of indigenous cattle. The CAG has also found that the State is missing target of setting up Hi-Tech Commercial Dairies. Haryana, famous for its high-yielding Murrah breed of …
A notification issued by the Government of India banning the use of bulls as performing animals has cast a shadow of uncertainty over the adrenaline pumping bullock cart races at the 76th Kila Raipur Games that are slated to kick off at Kila Raipur village in Ludhiana tomorrow. Animal Welfare …
Andhra Pradesh will request a Central assistance of Rs 3,006 crore towards drought relief according to the revised norms, the Chief Minister, Mr N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, has said. While seeking liberal assistance, the Chief Minister told a nine-member Central team that the State would send a revised request soon. …
Contrary to its public posturing on the cow, the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh has swept under the carpet a scam in a Central scheme that saw hundreds of mortalities mainly because old cows were purchased. Kamdhenu Integrated Tribal Dairy Development Scheme, for which the Centre had provided Rs 54.09 …
The Panchkula administration on Tuesday informed a local court that action is being taken for removal of stray cattle, but as per law, “statutory time” and “proper opportunity” is to be given to defaulters, which delays complete eradication. In a joint reply filed by Deputy Commissioner, Additional Deputy Commissioner, and …
* Only those inside houses coated with cow dung escaped the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy. * There are only two ways to remain insulated from nuclear radiation, and one of them is application of cow dung. * Using cow dung can ensure normal delivery instead of C-section. * Those who …
Madhya Pradesh’s amended legislation that allows raiding of any premises on the assumption that cow slaughter is likely to take place, or beef is likely to be stored or transported, could be misused, feel jurists, minorities and political parties. Besides increasing the maximum jail term for offences under the MP …
New Delhi: Madhya Pradesh has, with the enactment of the Cow Slaughter Prohibition (Amendment) Act, 2010, joined states that have strong anti-cow slaughter laws and makes even carrying a small tin of luncheon beef or even serving veal an offence that could fetch a jail term. In places like J&K;, …
The livelihoods of poor livestock keepers in India primarily depend on the productivity of edible biomass available from common property resources (CPRs) like village commons, the roadsides, along railway tracts, canals, bunds etc. A pro-poor livestock development programme should focus on rejuvenating these resources through enabling policy measures and appropriate …
Mumbai is in reality a city of places that are not a part of the current set of fantasies that rule the minds of urban planners but are yet integrally linked to capitalist processes, to urban practices of place-making and to urbanism itself. From this perspective, this enquiry seeks not …
Sundarban is perhaps the only forest in India where no cattle or other easy prey is available for old and injured tigers, forcing them to swim across the water channels to hunt for easy prey i.e. the cattle in the villages.
Milk retailers might be slapped a hefty fine for spiking prices by 27% over the past 21 months, if India’s competition watchdog finds them guilty of cartelisation. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) is considering a suo motu inquiry, or inquiry on its own, to ascertain whether retailers have colluded …
An ambitious plan to set up a one lakh litre milk processing plant in Hotwar, Ranchi, has remained a non-starter for two years in a state that has a history of stillborn projects. The government had identified around an acre for the proposed Rs 19-crore plant, proudly labelled the Jharkhand …
There are various stakeholders who are poising major threat to the sustainability of the forest resources. The categories of these stakeholders are the state and its agents, capitalist and private contractors and local communities. The present study focuses on the third types of stakeholders and their contest over the forest …
Savannas worldwide are vital for both socioeconomic and biodiversity values. In these ecosystems, management decisions are based on the perception that wildlife and livestock compete for food, yet there are virtually no experimental data to support this assumption. We examined the effects of wild African ungulates on cattle performance, food …
