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Gujarat Government withdraws Cattle Control Bill

The Gujarat Legislative Assembly had unanimously withdrawn the Cattle Control Bill after protests from cattle-rearing communities across the state. Key facts The proposed legislation sought to ban the...

September 22, 2022

Breed-Wise Report of Livestock and Poultry

Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying released the Breed-Wise Report of Livestock and Poultry. When was the data collected? The breed-wise data collection was done during...

May 14, 2022

Railways: Smart Event Tracking System

Smart Event Tracking System (SETS) is a Google Maps-based planning and analysis tool. It is in-house software of the Indian Railways. Working of Smart Event Tracking System Smart...

March 9, 2022

Pasuvula Panduga Cattle Festival

Pasuvula Panduga is a cattle festival that is observed annually during Kanuma (3rd day of the Sankranthi Festival), to appease the gods for improving and protecting livestock. This...

February 17, 2022

Cow Cabinet: A new cabinet in Madhya Pradesh to conserve cows

On November 18, 2020, the Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced that the State Government is to constitute ‘Cow Cabinet’ to conserve and promote cow cattle...

November 18, 2020

Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog (RKA) to be set up

The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal for the establishment of Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog (RKA) for conservation, protection and development of cows and their progeny. It will lead...

February 7, 2019

E-pashu haat portal launched to facilitate farmers

On the Occasion of National Milk Day celebrated to mark the birth anniversary of India’s father of White Revolution, Verghese Kurien, the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers...

November 28, 2016

Gujarat Animal Preservation (Amendment) Bill 2011

The Gujarat Legislative Assembly has passed the Gujarat Animal Preservation (Amendment) Bill 2011. The idea is to stop/discourage Cow Slaughter, 7-year jail term for cow slaughter or even...

December 7, 2011

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