Cattle Sale

Ban on cow slaughter has to be decided by states, not the Centre: BJP

The comment assumes significance as the BJP's Meghalaya unit has views divergent to its central leadership since its local leaders eat beef.

Ban on cattle sale for slaughter: Can we stop outraging and focus on regulating animal markets?

On 23 May, government issued rules regulating the cattle market. The regulations seem to have affected the country even before they have been implemented.

Ban on cattle sale: Opposition calls Centre's move an 'attempt to encroach upon powers of states'

The cattle sale ban has drawn flak from the opposition parties as well as various organisations who claim that it would hit the export and trade of meat.

Nagaland not to implement ban on sale of cattle for slaughter, says NPF minister; cites impact on food habits

A minister in the Naga People's Front (NPF), an ally of the BJP in Nagaland, said that the state is not going to implement the recently-issued rules of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act of 1960, which bans the sale of cattle for slaughter

Ban on cattle trade: Govt clarifies that rules modified to end animal cruelty

In wake of the outcry over amended rules on cattle sale, the government on Saturday clarified that the modifications were done to prevent cruelty to animals in cattle markets and not to regulate cattle traded for slaughterhouses.