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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday sought a response from the Central authorities and states on a plea in search of acceptable steps for educating the farmers and livestock house owners about the advantages of Indigenous Cattle and the long-term dangerous results and unsustainability of rearing Exotic/ Crossbred Cattle.
The plea elaborates that at present there are two species of Cattle utilized in India are the Indigenous Breeds which have existed in India for 1000’s of years and the Exotic/ Foreign Cattle which have been imported/ whose semen has been artificially inseminated into Indigenous Breeds, in a bid to extend milk manufacturing.
It says that over the previous few many years, India’s single-minded pursuit of accelerating milk manufacturing has resulted in a gradual decline within the inhabitants of its Indigenous Breeds with a simultaneous manifold enhance within the variety of Exotic / Cross Breeds, as evidenced by a naked perusal of the varied Livestock Censuses issued by the Central Government once in a while.
The Petitioner Divya Reddy is an Indigenous Cattle conservationist and the Founder of a Gaushala referred to as Klimom Wellness and Farms the place she at present has over 250 Gir Cows.
It is submitted that Indigenous Breeds have been reared in India for 1000’s of years and have all the time been an integral a part of our traditions and tradition.
“They cannot be allowed to be marginalized at the cost of Exotic/ Foreign Cattle only for the sake of increasing milk production. Indigenous Cattle have various other benefits and attributes that contribute to the Indian society and economy that cannot be found in Exotic/ Foreign Cattle,” the plea contends.
The petition filed by Advocate Krishna Dev Jagarlamudi says that it’s the obligation and duty of each citizen of this nation to guard, promote and propagate our Indigenous Breeds.
The plea says that the governments should actively work in direction of growing the inhabitants of our indigenous breeds by encouraging/directing that Non-Descript Indigenous Cattle be artificially inseminated with Pure Indigenous Breeds and never Exotic / Crossbred Cattle.
It provides that Article 48 of the Constitution of India directs the States to take steps for preserving and enhancing the varied breeds in India.
“Because the speed of decline of Indigenous Cattle and the rise of the Exotic / Crossbred Cattle is a trigger for critical concern. If this pattern is additional inspired and even allowed to proceed with no motion from the Governments, we will likely be compelled to face a day the place India can not proudly declare any breed of cattle as its personal,” it reads.
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“Because swift and decisive action in the short term, coupled with a sustainable long-term plan is required from the Central and State Governments in order to sufficiently protect and promote the diminishing population of Indigenous Breeds in India,” it added.
The plea additionally seeks instructions to the respondents to make accessible and adequately distribute semen of indigenous breeds for the aim of artificially inseminating Non-Descript Cattle.
It additional seeks instructions to declare the motion of the governments in selling and inspiring synthetic insemination of Non-Descript Cows utilizing semen from ‘Exotic’ Foreign Breeds equivalent to Holstein Friesian and Jersey, together with via their Breeding Policies, as being arbitrary and never in consonance with Article 48 of the Constitution of India.