Mockery of Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act and PCICDA Act-2009 by Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare: गौ-हत्या निरोधक कानून और संक्रामक रोग प्रतिरोधक कानून (PCICDA Act) 2009 का मजाक बनाता भारतीय कृषि एवं कृषक कल्याण मंत्रालय

Mockery of Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act and PCICDA Act-2009 by Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare

गौ-हत्या निरोधक कानून और संक्रामक रोग प्रतिरोधक कानून (PCICDA Act) 2009 का मजाक बनाता भारतीय कृषि एवं कृषक कल्याण मंत्रालय 

क्या भारत सरकार को गौरक्षा सम्बंधित कानून और संक्रामक रोग प्रतिरोधक कानून (PCICDA Act-2009) पर पुनः विचार करना चाहिए? वर्तमान परिस्थितियों जहाँ ज्यादातर सरकारी पशुपालन केंद्रों/ डेरियों पर इन कानूनों की धज्जियाँ उड़ाई जा रही हैं उससे तो यही लगता है.  डा. कीर्ति कुमार शर्मा, जो कई मिलिट्री पशु फार्मों के कमांडिंग अफसर रह चुके हैं और अभी हेमपुर फार्म में हैं, के विचार यहाँ उद्धृत हैं जो एक सरकारी वर्ग को प्रतिनिधित्व देते हैं.

Do India needs to reconsider the implementation of the Prevention of Cow slaughter Act and The Prevention and Control of Infectious and Contagious Diseases in Animals Act, of 2009? These Acts are made a mockery at most Government Livestock Farms, as a representative of many of the commanding Government officials, the thoughts of  Dr. Kirti Kumar Sharma, now in Incharge Military Farm at Hempur are cited here.

It is not only the mockery of the Prevention of Cow slaughter Acts but the sale/ auction of diseased animals suffering from Scheduled Infectious diseases including Bovine Tuberculosis, Paratuberculosis (Johne’s Disease), and Brucellosis, FMD, appears that the Institutes intentionally spread the infectious and contagious diseases to faraway places. All these acts are punishable under different sections of The Prevention and Control of Infectious and Contagious Diseases in Animals (PCICDA) Act, 2009. Further, the institutes are engaged in faulty passing of diagnostics and vaccines to control infectious and contagious diseases, that is intentionally spreading such scheduled diseases (Brucellosis, Foot and Mouth Disease, Paratuberculosis, Bovine tuberculosis, PPR, Glanders, Classical swine fever, New Castle disease/ Ranikhet Disease, Sheep and Goat pox, etc.) to each and every nook and corner of India.
Section 25 of the (PCICDA) Act, 2009 suggests resorting to euthanasia for infected animals.—If the Veterinary Officer deems it necessary that an animal, is infected with a scheduled disease, euthanasia has to be resorted to, for preventing the spread of the disease to other animals in the area or to protect public health if the disease is of zoonotic importance, he may, notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, by an order in writing, direct euthanasia of the animal and the carcass disposed of immediately to his satisfaction. But in No case sale of diseased animals.

Section 5 of the PCICDA Act defines the Duty of the owner to segregate infected animals. 1.     Every owner or person in charge of an animal, which he has reason to believe is infective of a scheduled disease, shall segregate such animal and have it kept in a place away from all other animals which are healthy, and take all possible steps to prevent the infected animal from coming in contact with any other animal. 2.     The owner or other person in charge of, or having control over, the animal referred to in sub-section (1) shall confine that animal and prevent it from grazing in a commonplace or drinking water from any common source including a vessel, pond, lake or river. 3.     All other infected animals shall be segregated by the Municipality, Panchayat, or other local administration. However, IVRI had neither segregated nor quarantined such animals but sold them to Farmers which could not properly understand the seriousness of the problem. This heinous act of the institute further contravened the provision under Section 11. Precautionary measures in relation to controlled areas. No person shall take out of the controlled area- a.     any animal, alive or dead, which is infected with, or reasonably suspected to have been infected with, any scheduled disease notified under sub-section (1) of section 6, b.    any kind of fodder, bedding, or other material which has come into contact with any animal infected with such disease or could, in any manner, carry the infection of the notified disease, or(c) the carcass, skin, or any other part or product of such animal. By arranging an auction of animals at the Institute in January 2016 when PPR and FMD outbreak was there in the institute, the Institute also flawed the provision of the Act under Section13 Prohibition of bringing infected animals into the market and other places. Section 23 of the Act directs a.    to keep it segregated from other apparently healthy animals, or b.    to subject it to such treatment as may be required under the circumstances. That is it is compulsory to segregate and treat the animals suffering (from scheduled diseases), however, the institute has neither segregated nor treated them despite the fact that several animals are suffering from bovine tuberculosis, brucellosis, and Paratuberculosis, and the Institute claims it to be the Mecca Madina of Veterinary Sciences in India.

Section 32 suggests penalties for violating rules under the ACT. “Any person who contravenes the provisions of this Act or obstructs the Competent Officer in performing his duties shall be guilty of an offense punishable with a fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, and in case of failure to pay the penalty with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month; and in the case of any subsequent offense (whether under the same provision or any other provision of this Act except in case of sections 31 and 33) with a fine of two thousand rupees, or with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two months in case of non-payment of the penalty”.

Section 35 of the Act also makes the controlling officers liable for punishment for failing the Prevention of the escape of causative organisms.     In every institution, laboratory, or clinic, engaged in the manufacture, testing, or research, related to vaccines, sera, diagnostics, or chemotherapeutic drugs and aimed at the prevention or treatment of any scheduled disease, adequate precautionary measures shall be taken- a.     to ensure that the causative organism of any scheduled disease does not escape or otherwise get released; b.    to guard against any such escape or release, and c.     to warn and to protect everyone concerned in the event of any escape.

However, many Government livestock Farms are engaged in spreading diseases and sending sick, ailing, and old cows for slaughter.

     Also, it is very difficult to understand the intentions of Indian Politics and Politicians bluffing the ordinary people of India in the name of "Save the Holy Cow" or "गौरक्षा", "गौमाता" and "गौसेवा". Here is the data from two institutes under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare which is sufficient to show the difference between saying and doing. RTI information revealed that thousands of cows and their progeny which are sick/ diseased, physically crippled/ unfit are sold to so-called farmers. 

           Dear friends, it is time to understand the political and Government motives behind all the dogma.  If the "Holy Cow" or "गौमाता" is really Holy, Pious, and Sacred and needs (certainly) to be saved, there is an urgent need to modify the "Prevention of cow slaughter Act and make it a Central Act rather than Act of States (creating confusion) and ensure its implementation on Government Livestock Farms too.

Diseased/ Disabled/ Aged/ Old/ Non-productive Cattle sold from Central Cattle Breeding Farms of Government of India

बीमार और दिव्यांग गौ-धन जो राष्ट्रीय डेरी अनुसंधान संस्थान ने किसानो को बेच दिया

Physically unfit and diseased cows and cow progeny sold from National Dairy Research Institute in the last 10 years to Farmers

बीमार और दिव्यांग गौ-धन जो भारतीय पशु-चिकित्सा अनुसंधान संस्थान ने किसानो को बेच दिया

Physically unfit and diseased cows and cow progeny sold from Indian Veterinary Research Institute in the last 10 years to Farmers

Source of Information RTI Act-2005

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I wrote to PMO

Registration Number is : PMOPG/E/2019/0008820 

आदरणीय महोदय आपसे मेरा लोकहित में प्रश्न है कृपया उत्तर देने की कृपा करें, 

१. सरकारी फार्मों से अंधे-काने, लंगड़े-लूले, और बीमार बछड़े भी हाथों हाथ बिक जाते हैं और किसान की गाय के स्वस्थ बछड़े भी योगी बनने को मजबूर हैं, उनका कोई ग्राहक ढूंढे भी नहीं मिलता, मिलता भी है तो गौरक्षक उसे पीट-पीट कर मार डालते हैं, ऐसा क्यों?

२. सरकारी फार्म से बूढी, बीमार, अनुत्पादक, बेकार गाय-माता खरीदने के लिए होड़ मची होती हैं बोली लगाकर खरीदने वालों में, और किसान की उत्पादक गाय कौड़ियों के भाव भी खरीदने को, गौभक्तों और गौसेवकों के डर से, कोई राजी नहीं, आखिर क्यों?

३. किसान, गौपालक, अगर अपनी स्वस्थ गाय को बेचे तो पापी बन जाता हैं और अगर सरकार अपनी बूढी और बीमार गौमाता को बेचे तो गौरक्षक, गौसंवर्धक, गौसेवक सरकार, ऐसा क्यों?

4. क्या सरकारी फार्मों पर पलने वाली गौमाता संतति पवित्र हैं और उसके खरीदार, उसके बूढी, बीमार और बेकार होने पर भी, उसकी पूजा के लिए उसे खरीदते हैं और किसान की दुधारू गाय के खरीदार कसाई हैं जो उसे सिर्फ काटने के लिए खरीदते हैं? 

यहाँ गौसंवर्धक सरकारी संस्थानों से पिछले दस वर्षों में बेचीं गई, बीमार, बूढी, और अनुत्पादक गायों के जनसूचना अधिकार से प्राप्त आंकड़े दिए गए हैं, अवश्य विचार करें. azad-azadindia.blogspot.com-2018-10-mockery-of-prevention-of-cow-slaughter.html 

My questions to learned and enlightened Honourable Sir, are:

1. Why do purchasers readily purchase, through auction, crippled, diseased, and useless males (calves and aged/ spent bulls) cattle from Government Farms but farmers or cow raisers fail to sell even healthy male calves, left to be roaming and becoming Yogi? 

2. Purchasers line up to buy aged, spent, diseased, non-productive, useless Holy cows from Government cattle farms, and farmers fail to sell their healthy and productive cows, why?

3. If a farmer sells his or her healthy and productive cows he or she becomes a sinner however if Government sells its aged, diseased, and non-productive holy cow remains Cow-protector, Cow-propagator and Cow-server, why? 

4. Do Cattle from Government Cattle farms are Pious GauMata and people purchase the aged, diseased and uneconomic Holy Cows and their Progeny to worship, and cows at Farmers' homes are non-pious, they sell for slaughter only, or vice-versa?

Here is the data of diseased, disabled, unproductive, and aged cows sold in the last 10 years from different Government Cattle Farms, think and think to search for the answer. azadindia.blogspot.com-2018-10-mockery-of-prevention-of-cow-slaughter.html 

Complaint Filed with CVC

The RTI information has revealed that from two institutes under the ICAR, IVRI, and NDRI, thousands of cows and their progeny which were sick or diseased, physically crippled, or unfit were sold to so-called farmers in the last five years. Do all those were really sold to farmers, do can farmers make any use of those sick and disabled animals, they were certainly sold to butchers for slaughter which is a clear violation of the Prevention of Cow slaughter Acts of PU and Haryana, where the Institutes are situated. Further, the act of selling the sick or diseased cow or any other animal is also a violation of the PCICDA Act 2009. I request herewith a stern inquiry and action against those responsible. 

A complaint has been successfully registered. 

Complaint No:	123651/2019/vigilance-7
Complaint Against Name:	DG ICAR
Designation:	DG
Organization:	INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
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The Schedule Diseases permit the killing of animals including the Holy Cow as per PCICDA Act-2009. Still, they are applicable only to seven states of India (Punjab, Goa, Daman & Diu, Pondicherry, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand & Orissa) due to provisions under the Prevention of Cow Slaughter Acts.

 Multiple species diseases 1. Anthrax. 2. Aujeszky's disease. 3. Bluetongue. 4. Brucellosis. 5. Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever. 6. Echinococcosis/hydatidosis. 7. Foot and mouth disease. 8. Heartwater. 9. Japanese encephalitis. 10. Leptospirosis. 11. New World screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax). 12. Old World screwworm (Chrysomya bezziana). 13. Paratuberculosis. 14. Q fever. 15. Rabies. 16. Rift Valley fever. 17. Rinderpest. 18. Trichinellosis. 19. Tularemia. 20. Vesicular stomatitis. 21. West Nile fever. 

Cattle diseases 1. Bovine anaplasmosis. 2. Bovine babesiosis. 3. Bovine genital campylobacteriosis. 4. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy. 5. Bovine tuberculosis. 6. Bovine viral diarrhea. 7. Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia. 8. Enzootic bovine leucosis. 9. Haemorrhagic septicemia. 10. Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis/infectious pustular vulvovaginitis. 11. Lumpy skin disease. 15 12. Malignant catarrhal fever. 13. Theileriosis. 14. Trichomonosis. 15. Trypanosomosis