Cattle Trade Ban

The Uttar Pradesh government has banned cattle trade with four neighbouring states and also imposed a "lockdown" on the intrastate movement of animals from 28 districts to prevent the spread of lumpy skin disease, Animal Husbandry Minister Dharampal Singh said Friday. He said the lumpy skin disease has spread to animals in 14 states of the country and it is "fatal to animals like coronavirus" is to human. The viral disease entered Uttar Pradesh through states like Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi, the minister told the fifth day of the ongoing Monsoon Session of the Assembly. "In view of this, the import of animals has been banned by sealing the interstate borders for cattle movement," he said. He said 26,197 cows have been infected with the disease in the state out of which 16,872 have been treated. He said 28 districts of Jhansi, Agra, Aligarh, Meerut, Saharanpur, Moradabad, Bareilly divisions are affected by this disease in western Uttar Pradesh. "So a lockdown has

Uttar Pradesh is the highest buffalo meat producing state in India

Chief minister had also written to PM Narendra Modi on June 7 over the issue

Earlier, SC asked govt to reply to contentions raised in pleas against its cattle trade notification

Applies to bulls, bullocks, cows, buffalos, steers, heifers, calves, camels; to affect 300 mn cattle

Those selling cattle are coming up with ingenious ways to bypass Centre's recent directive

Kerala High Court observed that there is no ban on cattle slaughter or consuming meat but the bill

M K Stalin also warned of another 'Marina revolution'- like the one during the Jallikattu stir

Govt banned sale of cattle for slaughter on May 26

In a formal petition to Modi, Pala urged that formal views from state governments should be taken

Central Govt had ordered a ban on trade of cattle including buffaloes, cows and camels for slaughter

In a bid to prevent cruelty against animals, govt on May 26 modified rules related to cattle trade

India exported 1.33 mn tonnes of buffalo meat in FY17, worth about $3.9 billion

Union government had last week banned sale and purchase of cattle from animal markets for slaughter

India exported 1.33 million tonnes of buffalo meat in the FY17 to March 31, worth about $3.9 billion