Modi govt to roll back controversial cattle slaughter notification

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, Nov 30, 2017 : The Narendra Modi government at the Centre has decided to roll back its controversial May notification that prohibited the sale of cattle for slaughter at animal markets across the country, sources confirmed to India Today.

 

The move to roll back the cattle slaughter notification was made after feedback from several states, sources further told India Today. The controversial notification, issued by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, had said that nobody can bring cattle to an animal market unless he or she has furnished a written declaration that the cattle will not be sold for the purpose of slaughter.

After the notification was issued in May, the BJP-led NDA government came under severe criticism for attempting to impose the nationwide ban on ideological grounds.

Earlier the Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan had indicated that the Centre may lift the ban. At the time, he said the rules were a "regulatory regime" for preventing cruelty to animals and the government "did not intend to directly or indirectly affect slaughterhouses or harm farmers" or "influence the food habits of people".


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