Assam CM tables cattle protection Bill
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Bill seeks to ban the transport of cattle inside in addition to to and from the State
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday tabled the Assam Cattle Preservation Bill, 2021, on the primary day of the 126-member Assembly’s Budget session.
The State Cabinet had per week in the past accepted the Bill looking for to ban the transport of cattle inside in addition to to and from Assam, ostensibly to cease smuggling to Bangladesh.
The Bill would substitute the prevailing the Assam Cattle Preservation Act, 1950, which allowed the slaughter of cattle above the age of 14 after approval from native veterinary officers.
“Provided that the State government may exempt certain places of worship or certain occasions for the slaughter of cattle other than calf, heifer and cow for religious purpose… No person shall transport or offer for transport or cause to be transported any cattle without a valid permit from any place of another State through Assam to any place outside the State of Assam, any place within the State of Assam to any place outside the State of Assam where the slaughter of cattle is not regulated by law,” the Bill stated.
The Bill additionally stated no individual ought to transport or supply to move cattle from “any place of another State to any place within the State, slaughter whereof is punishable under this Act”. It had an identical line on transferring cattle between any two locations inside the State.
The Bill added that competent authority could situation permits for the transport of cattle for agricultural or animal husbandry functions and makes exemptions comparable to for feeding carnivorous animals within the zoo.
The Bill, if handed, is prone to hit Assam’s Christian-majority north-eastern neighbours, with the Meghalaya authorities already expressing concern over the potential choking of provide.
“We will take all steps needed to make sure supply is not affected by the Assam law,” Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma stated.
Many in Meghalaya are depending on the meat enterprise. The State procures cattle for slaughter principally from Bihar, West Bengal and Telangana.
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