An Alarm Call for the alert citizens of India

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An Alarm Call for the alert citizens of India

 

MEAT EXPORT

 

A Pampered Policy of the Central Government

 

Make your choice – What you want ?

 

 

 

A few crumbs of Dollars or Pounds smeared in the blood

 

and flesh of innocent animals ?

 

OR

 

Adhering to the principle of non-violence and compliance

 

with fundamental duty under the Constitution to have

 

compassion towards all living creatures ?

 

 

 

1)                Do you know how many animals are slaughtered in this

country everyday for local consumption and for exports?  Don't worry

if you don't know the answer – even the Central Government does

not know !!!

 

 

 

2)                Meat export was a thrust area for Foreign Exchange

earning in 1990-91 when we had to mortgage gold to get Foreign Exchange.

Today with Foreign Exchange reserves of over 160 billions US$ (Rs.

7,20,000/- crores) the Government still considers meat export as a

thrust area.  The phobias are hard to get over you see !

 

 

 

3)                Export earnings of IT  sector - more than 1,00,000/-

crores, of Textile Sector - more than 50,000/- crores,  of Gems and

Jewellery – more than 50,000/- crores – still our Government

cherishes 2000 crores smeared in blood and flesh of innocent animals !

 

 

 

4)                Export of meat is eligible for 13 types of subsidies

running into hundred of crores of rupees.  Can any of the above sectors

earning clean and manifold more Foreign Exchange compete in the matter

of subsidies with the meat sector ?  This is what pampering is !

 

 

 

5)                Cattle is a natural and precious wealth of any country

and India is the only country where destroyers of this wealth are not

only subsidized, they are given awards as outstanding exporters.  The

creators of real wealth  are treated only as poor cousins !

 

 

 

6)                What is considered a crime in one  State (in respect

of slaughter of an animal) under its Animal Preservation Law is

perfectly legal in some other State, in respect of slaughter of the same

animal. This magic is possible only in a country like India and its full

advantage is visible in respect of meat export policy !

 

 

 

7)                Article 48 of the Constitution of India  reads:

 

The State shall endeavour to organize agricultural and animal husbandry

on modern and scientific lines and shall, in particular, take steps for

preserving and improving the breeds and prohibiting the slaughter of

cows and calves and other milch and draught cattle.

 

This Article speaks of prohibiting the slaughter in clear cut terms,

whereas the meat export policy involves slaughter of lakhs of young and

healthy animals.  We speak of rampant lawlessness in the country.

However, where is a role model ? Even our Government shies away from

being a role model !

 

 

 

8)                The Constitution imposes fundamental duties to show

compassion towards all living creatures. Duties ? – who cares ? !

 

 

 

This meat export policy of the Government needs to be immediately

abandoned in national interest.  Write to the Central Government

(Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Food Processing Industry, Ministry

of Commerce) today itself, organize pressure groups, build strong public

opinion, declare your intentions to vote out this government if it does

not abandon meat export policy and stops meat export from the country.

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