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Friday, March 29, 2024
TopicCow welfare

Topic: Cow welfare

More moo-lah for cow welfare: Haryana govt hikes Gau Seva Aayog budget 10x to Rs 400 cr

Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, who also holds the finance portfolio, made the announcement while tabling the state’s budget for FY 2023-24 in the Vidhan Sabha Friday.

Why Modi govt’s showpiece cow welfare agency is without chief for over a year, ‘almost defunct’

Set up in 2019 under the Union animal husbandry ministry, Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog was tasked with providing direction for the implementation of schemes related to cattle.

Panel led by BJP MP slams animal husbandry dept for ‘zero’ funds to cow disease protection

In a report tabled in Parliament, panel also found no veterinary hospitals were strengthened or established in the last 4 years for livestock such as cows, buffaloes, sheep and goats among others.

This is how Modi govt is looking to breed more and more productive, disease-free cows

Animal husbandry department is experimenting with IVF technology to produce better breed of cows and will soon sell embryos to farmers at subsided prices.

Madhya Pradesh gets ‘gau cabinet’, will hold maiden meet at India’s first cow sanctuary

The ministers of animal husbandry, forest, panchayat, revenue, home and farmers’ welfare departments will comprise the mini-cabinet.

Cattle dung scheme a Rs 2,300-cr revenue model, will help 5 lakh farmers, Baghel govt claims

Officials say cattle dung worth Rs 1,730 crore will be procured annually from gothans. This will then be used to produce vermicompost worth over Rs 2,300 crore.

Farmers need more than just ‘shraddha’ to keep cattle, says cow commission chief Kathiria

Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog’s head Vallabhbhai Kathiria tells ThePrint they plan to give away healthy cows to farmers, while sick ones will be kept at gaushalas.

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Congress attacks chief economic advisor over statement on unemployment, asks BJP govt to ‘vacate seat’

While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.