Animal rights activists have urged the central government to ban export of buffalo meat even as they lauded Union ministry of commerce’s recent statement that export of beef has been prohibited in accordance with country’s foreign trade policy.
G Arun Prasanna of the People for Cattle in India (PFCI), adding that the government should consider banning the export of buffalo meat. Lok Sabha member Kirit Somaiya asked the ministry’s stand on export of beef. The minister of state for commerce and industry Nirmala Sitaraman said the export of beef (meat of cow, oxen and calf) had been prohibited.
According to PETA India (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) CEO Poorva Joshipura, there are around 30,000 unlicensed slaughterhouses in India. Cows and other animals were being transported across the state borders, she said. “They are being transported even to Bangladesh, to be slaughtered.
Must Know
- PETA CEO- Poorva Joshipura
- People for Cattle in India (PFCI) Head- G Arun Prasanna
- Lok Sabha member- Kirit Somaiya
- Minister of state for commerce and industry- Nirmala Sitaraman
Highlights
- India’s livestock population includes, 88 million buffaloes, which is 58 per cent of the world’s buffalo population.
- The major areas for Buffalo Meat production are Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Punjab.
- The country has exported 14,75,526.01 MT of buffalo meat products to the world for the worth of Rs. 29,282.60 crores.
- Vietnam Social Republic, Malaysia, Egypt Arab Republic, Thailand and Saudi Arabia are major exporting destination.
