Cow Protection Laws - Uma Bharati - Madyapradesh

[Guest guest]

Very interesting article. Thanks for sharing with us. It's not quite

clear to me whether the writer totally supports what she is doing or

not. Maybe he or she likes some parts but is worried about other parts.

 

Anyway, very interesting.

 

ys

hkdd

 

Rosalie Malik wrote:

 

>This is an article from Down to EArth Feb20 2004 "India Shining meets

>Hindutva"

>

>About Uma Bharati and her cow programme in Madyapradesh state. This should

>be of interest to the conference as this is the only government in the

>world which is enacting cow protection.

>

>Uma Bharati is getting serious.The newly elected chief minister of Madya

>pradesh has unleashed a development agenda built around the cow family., a

>literal translation of the Hindi term gauvansh .,which simply means

>cattle. Cow slaughter has become a cognizable and non bailable offence.

>She doesnt stop there. She dreams of a state dotted with gaushalas. She has

>entrustedher minister Ramakant Tiwari with the full responsibility of

>developing a cow based economy. Inspired by the Netherlands she she has

>promised government funded gaushalas along riverbanks to promote tourism

>of all things.

>

Tourism sounds like an interesting angle. I always thought ISKCON

Mayapur should get rid of the deer in the central park area and replace

them with fantastic looking cows and oxen. To see a healthy looking cow

in Mayapur is even more exotic than seeing a deer, as far as I'm

concerned. I think it would be a great tourist attraction.

 

On the other hand, goshalla means retired cows, who of course will be

skinny and old, but even this can be done nicely.

 

One thing which sound troubling is the idea of doing it on riverbanks --

won't that cause nitrates from the manure to flow into the rivers? My

impression was that people have to use these rivers for their water --

wouldn't nitrate contamination boost the cancer rate? Maybe they are

set back from the riverbanks so manure doesn't flow into the water.

 

>No more shall tourists laugh about how cows are abandoned

>on Indian roads/ No more shall people squirm at the sight of a cow dying a

>painful death after consuming plastic from the waste.

>

>

Nice objective.

 

>Bharti would have done well to realise why cows are abandoned and left to

>chew plastic cud.

>

Hmm... This is confusing. It sounded like she *had* addressed this

concern?

 

>The common pastures( charnoi) where they used to graze

>earlier have all been encroached. In fact the previous government's decision

>to distribute charnoi land to dalits and tribals had led to violent

>conflicts. Bharti would have dohe ruminant a great favour by sorting out

>the conflicts and removing the encroachments.

>

This is not completely clear, but sounds troubling. The idea of

establishing cow protection *at the expense of the poor* does not sound

like a good plan. If she's using the cow protection to boost the

tourist industry, she should have worked so this would improve the lot

of the poor (more jobs) not make their situation even more desparate.

 

If she truely is pushing them off lands to make way for the goshallas,

this sounds like a political ploy that could ultimately jeopardize the

cows, because poor people would attack them to demonstrate against their

own increased suffering. However, this whole section is not clearly

written, so I'm not sure what exactly would happen to the dalits if the

goshallas are established.

 

>But that would require

>political will and foresight.

>

>India has the larget livestock in the world., and it is mostly the poor

>communities that rely on animal rearing. The reason they are so poor....

>and the livestock neglected....is that successive governments have

>systematically slaughtered the resources on which the two survive. As a

>result, they are degrading whatever remains of India's forests and

>grasslands. The cow's holy status in India has alot to do with the fact

>that the rural economy was entirely based on cattle. draught poer for

>farming and transport, dung for soil fertility and fuel and milk for

>nutrition. But it would be too much to expect Bharati to recognise that.

>

That might be true, but they have not clearly made their case against her.

 

>Her

>party, the BJP, is known for having an urban bias. Two of the most

>important issues that helped her win the elections. roads and electricity

>are concerns of the rich, not the livestock dependent poor. It is well

>known that subsidies on power and oil have helped destroy livestock in

>India/ Bharati's Hindutva cant help save the cow. Recognising it's conomic

>efficiency will. and it will also help poor people But that lesson cant be

>learned from the Netherlands.

>

 

I can't figure out what the importance of the Netherlands is in this

discussion.

 

Lots of interesting points, too bad that the article is not more clearly

written.

 

ys

 

hkdd

[Guest guest]

Here is another article about Uma Bharti. It's taunting but does describe

some of her programmes. I tried to scan and send but it wouldnt go on

pdf or jpg as to heavy to send email.Its very slow to access anything on

internet from here .

 

 

Top of the Pops in the Bovine Development Index Indian Express by

Pamela Philipose ( christian from her name)

 

Give the lady a break. Ever since Uma Bharati came to power in Madhya

PRadesh and promptly proceeded to give the state " a government with a

difference" . raucous cries have gone up that she is dragging it back to

pre megalithic age.

 

I find this offensive., besides being terribly unfair I mean cant we let the

poor lady be? Allow her the space to translate her honourable intentions

into reality ? Consider her shining record so far. Her government has

already on a priority basis decided to provide shelter for the dying, Which

other government has had the vision to do this?All dying cattle are to be

provided with pleasing accomodation. so that their last days are spent in

comfort.

 

Besides this every 10 -12 villages will have its own committed goshalla so

that no quadruped would have to walk more than one km to reach it. Besides

instructiions have gone out that every young one is to be sent to gaushala-

that is every calf regardless of its gender and social standing- is to

have a guaranteed eight years of gaushaling. Orphanages for abandoned

infants and adolescents are to be set up immediately and every young one

provided with midday meals. These meals will be made more nutritious with

added bran and fresh grass to ensure the state's youth get abalanced diet as

well as the necessary proteins and vitamins to grow up to be strong cows,

bulls and buffaloes.

 

A vaccination programme and special health checkups will be ensured through

the state's animal husbandry department through mobile veterinary units

that will visit every living mammal endowed with four chambered stomach on

a regualr basis. To assist senior veterinarians on these mobile u nits

there will be an army of paraveterinary staff - or gau sevaks- who will

regularly check these animals to ensure they are free of worms infestations

and HIV AIDS virus. Blood samples will be collected from 50000 cattle at

a

time and examined in special labs. Besides mobile units the state has

decided

to set up primary health care centres for every 100,000 cattle under a

special Health for All project. CAre will be taken to see that each animal

lives in hygenic conditions. The state;s babus have been urgently directed

to ensure that the bodly excretions of these cattle. like dung and urine,be

gathered in specially designed containers and used for their medicinal

value. While this will bring in aditonal revenue it will also ensure

hygenic surroundings for our poor dumb friends.

 

It has been brought to the chief ministers attention that there is an acute

water scarcity in some areas and consequently cattle are often in great

distress. the MP government has there fore decided that every fourlegged,

fourstomached animal will be provided with 2 buckets of water on a per

capita basis through special tankers and every gaushala built within easy

reach of a large water body. As Uma Bharati pointed out herself the

inspiration behind this plan is Holland. She will now try to provide

European level standards for the cattle in her state, As a special

treat,instructions have been issued to provide city delights to them. For a

start four towns have been cleansed of all meat/fish eating and allmet/fish

selling activity. Cattle, however will be allowed to walk freely upon the

roads of these towns. There are also plans for the development of special

holiday resorts with grassy hillocks for recreational purposes.

 

This not, let me repeat, NOT a load of methane Given the chief ministers's

dynamism. I will not be surprised if MP goes head to top the next Bovine

DEvelopment Report afre achieving cent per cent ratings in such indices as

life expectancy. ar birth , enrolment ratios in goshallas. increase of GDP

per cattle head,births attended by skilled health personnel, calf mortality

and the like. Therefore instead of berating poor Uma BHarati as is the wont

of idle political observers, this column proudly salutes her.

 

 

 

-

Noma Petroff <npetroff (AT) bowdoin (DOT) edu>

Rosalie Malik <labangalatika (AT) vsnl (DOT) net>

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Tuesday, March 16, 2004 10:29 PM

Re: Cow Protection Laws - Uma Bharati - Madyapradesh

 

 

> Very interesting article. Thanks for sharing with us. It's not quite

> clear to me whether the writer totally supports what she is doing or

> not. Maybe he or she likes some parts but is worried about other parts.

>

> Anyway, very interesting.

>

> ys

> hkdd

>

> Rosalie Malik wrote:

>

> >This is an article from Down to EArth Feb20 2004 "India Shining meets

> >Hindutva"

> >

> >About Uma Bharati and her cow programme in Madyapradesh state. This

should

> >be of interest to the conference as this is the only government in the

> >world which is enacting cow protection.

> >

> >Uma Bharati is getting serious.The newly elected chief minister of Madya

> >pradesh has unleashed a development agenda built around the cow family.,

a

> >literal translation of the Hindi term gauvansh .,which simply means

> >cattle. Cow slaughter has become a cognizable and non bailable offence.

> >She doesnt stop there. She dreams of a state dotted with gaushalas. She

has

> >entrustedher minister Ramakant Tiwari with the full responsibility of

> >developing a cow based economy. Inspired by the Netherlands she she

has

> >promised government funded gaushalas along riverbanks to promote

tourism

> >of all things.

> >

> Tourism sounds like an interesting angle. I always thought ISKCON

> Mayapur should get rid of the deer in the central park area and replace

> them with fantastic looking cows and oxen. To see a healthy looking cow

> in Mayapur is even more exotic than seeing a deer, as far as I'm

> concerned. I think it would be a great tourist attraction.

>

> On the other hand, goshalla means retired cows, who of course will be

> skinny and old, but even this can be done nicely.

>

> One thing which sound troubling is the idea of doing it on riverbanks --

> won't that cause nitrates from the manure to flow into the rivers? My

> impression was that people have to use these rivers for their water --

> wouldn't nitrate contamination boost the cancer rate? Maybe they are

> set back from the riverbanks so manure doesn't flow into the water.

>

> >No more shall tourists laugh about how cows are abandoned

> >on Indian roads/ No more shall people squirm at the sight of a cow dying

a

> >painful death after consuming plastic from the waste.

> >

> >

> Nice objective.

>

> >Bharti would have done well to realise why cows are abandoned and left to

> >chew plastic cud.

> >

> Hmm... This is confusing. It sounded like she *had* addressed this

> concern?

>

> >The common pastures( charnoi) where they used to graze

> >earlier have all been encroached. In fact the previous government's

decision

> >to distribute charnoi land to dalits and tribals had led to violent

> >conflicts. Bharti would have dohe ruminant a great favour by sorting

out

> >the conflicts and removing the encroachments.

> >

> This is not completely clear, but sounds troubling. The idea of

> establishing cow protection *at the expense of the poor* does not sound

> like a good plan. If she's using the cow protection to boost the

> tourist industry, she should have worked so this would improve the lot

> of the poor (more jobs) not make their situation even more desparate.

>

> If she truely is pushing them off lands to make way for the goshallas,

> this sounds like a political ploy that could ultimately jeopardize the

> cows, because poor people would attack them to demonstrate against their

> own increased suffering. However, this whole section is not clearly

> written, so I'm not sure what exactly would happen to the dalits if the

> goshallas are established.

>

> >But that would require

> >political will and foresight.

> >

> >India has the larget livestock in the world., and it is mostly the poor

> >communities that rely on animal rearing. The reason they are so poor....

> >and the livestock neglected....is that successive governments have

> >systematically slaughtered the resources on which the two survive. As a

> >result, they are degrading whatever remains of India's forests and

> >grasslands. The cow's holy status in India has alot to do with the fact

> >that the rural economy was entirely based on cattle. draught poer for

> >farming and transport, dung for soil fertility and fuel and milk for

> >nutrition. But it would be too much to expect Bharati to recognise that.

> >

> That might be true, but they have not clearly made their case against her.

>

> >Her

> >party, the BJP, is known for having an urban bias. Two of the most

> >important issues that helped her win the elections. roads and electricity

> >are concerns of the rich, not the livestock dependent poor. It is well

> >known that subsidies on power and oil have helped destroy livestock in

> >India/ Bharati's Hindutva cant help save the cow. Recognising it's

conomic

> >efficiency will. and it will also help poor people But that lesson cant

be

> >learned from the Netherlands.

> >

>

> I can't figure out what the importance of the Netherlands is in this

> discussion.

>

> Lots of interesting points, too bad that the article is not more clearly

> written.

>

> ys

>

> hkdd

>

>

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