Inside story behind Modi govt's move to regulate cattle slaughter markets

Ritual sacrifice of buffaloes in Nepal shaped Modi govt's slaughter rules

While there has been massive outrage over the new rules framed by the government banning sale of cattle for slaughter, the exercise to frame these rules started out to put an end to something happening in neighbouring Nepal. The government says that the new Cruelty to Animals (Regulation of Livestock Markets) Rules 2017 was conceived on the directions of the Supreme Court (SC).

The SC in-turn had set the ball rolling after a petition filed by Gauri Maulekhi, animal rights activist. Maulekhi told Business Standard: “The government has done the right thing by introducing these rules. Yet a lot of