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27-11-2020 | 13:05 PM
MAdhya Pradesh announced Cow Cabinet
- The Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced that the State Government is to constitute ‘Cow Cabinet’ to conserve and promote cow cattle in the state. The first meeting of the cabinet was held on November 22, 2020. The meeting was held at Gau Sanctuary Salaria Agar Malwa.
- According to the Anti-Cow Slaughter Act, 2004, no one in the state is allowed to transport cattle in the state. Special permission was required even to transport cattle through the state.
Note:
- In 2005, the Supreme Court of India upheld the constitutional validity of anti-cow slaughter laws enacted in different states of India. Around 20 states in India currently have laws to regulate cow slaughter (it includes cattle slaughter as well).
- The states such as Assam, Kerala, Goa, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura, Nagaland and West Bengal have no restrictions on cow slaughter.
- However, some states allow slaughtering of bulls and bullocks. They are Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Goa, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar.
