CATTLE COMMISSION REPORT TO BE EXAMINED SERIOUSLY - DR. JOSHI

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The Report of the "National Commission on Cattle" will be examined by the Government in all seriousness. This was stated by Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi, Union Minister for Human Resource Development, to the Members of the Commission – S/Shri Aditya Nath, MP, Bhanwar Lal Kothari, K. L. Godha, Ram Lal Agarwal Nutan and Raveendran who presented him with a copy of the Report here today.

The Members requested the Minister that the analysis of the Report must be done by proper experts. They also conveyed to the Minister that they hoped the Lodha Report would be implemented speedily by the Government. Dr. Joshi thanked the Members of the Commission for their monumental work and also complemented them for completing their work in a limited period.

The Commission which presented its Report to the Government of India yesterday has made several recommendations including constitution of a permanent National Cattle Development Commission with allocation of Rs.100 crore per year for preservation and development of cattle. Prohibition of slaughter of cow and its progeny, ban on export of beef and veal, prohibition of cross-breeding from imported cattle, discouraging the production and use of chemical fertilizers and chemical pesticides, encouraging the use of cow dung and cow urine in agriculture are among its other recommendations.