Lok Sabha Question No. 2398 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-04
Subject: Cow Slaughter
Ministry: AGRICULTURE
Asked by: VINOD KUMAR SONKAR, C.S. PUTTARAJU

# O.I.H.

# GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

# MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE

# DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, DAIRYING & FISHERIES

# LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2398

TO BE ANSWERE ON  4 TH AUGUST, 2015

**COW SLAUGHTER**

2398.  SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR:

SHRI C.S. PUTTA RAJU:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE       कृषिमंत्री

be pleased to state:

1. the number of licenced slaughter houses in the country, State-wise;
2. whether the Government is aware that a large number of cows are either being slaughtered illegally or smuggled to Bangladesh, if so, the details thereof;
3. whether the Government proposes to enact any law to ban cow slaughtering in the country;
4. if so, the action taken by the Government to prevent unauthorised slaughtering, transportation and trade of cows and their smuggling to neighbouring countries; and
5. whether the Government is contemplating to penalise the person accused of slaughtering cow by prosecuting them in fast track courts, if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE

(DR. SANJEEV KUMAR BALYAN)

1. The State-wise registered number of slaughter houses as on 31/03/2014 as reported by the States/UTs government is given in the annexure.

1. to (e) Under the distribution of legislatives powers between the Union of India and States under Article 246(3) of the Constitution, the preservation of cattle is a matter on which the legislature of the States has exclusive powers to legislate. Therefore, it is up to the States to enact laws on slaughter of cows. All States/Union Territories have legislations on slaughter of cows except five States viz Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland and one Union Territory i.e. Lakshadweep.

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| Annexure  Statement referred to in reply  of part (a) of Lok Sabha  Unstarred  Question No. 2398 for 04-08-2015 Statement showing  state-wise   |                                                |                                                |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| registered slaughter house                                                                                                                      | registered slaughter house                     | registered slaughter house                     |
| S.No.                                                                                                                                           | States/UTs                                     | No. of  Reg. Slaughter Houses                  |
|                                                                                                                                                 |                                                |                                                |
| 1                                                                                                                                               | Andhra Pradesh                                 | 183                                            |
| 2                                                                                                                                               | Arunachal Pradesh                              | -                                              |
| 3                                                                                                                                               | Assam                                          | 3                                              |
| 4                                                                                                                                               | Bihar                                          | 42                                             |
| 5                                                                                                                                               | Chhattisgarh                                   | 74                                             |
| 6                                                                                                                                               | Goa                                            | 1                                              |
| 7                                                                                                                                               | Gujarat                                        | 38                                             |
| 8                                                                                                                                               | Haryana                                        | 36                                             |
| 9                                                                                                                                               | Himachal Pradesh                               | 37                                             |
| 10                                                                                                                                              | Jammu & Kashmir                                | 20                                             |
| 11                                                                                                                                              | Jharkhand                                      | 35                                             |
| 12                                                                                                                                              | Karnataka                                      | 96                                             |
| 13                                                                                                                                              | Kerala                                         | 55                                             |
| 14                                                                                                                                              | Madhya Pradesh                                 | 79                                             |
| 15                                                                                                                                              | Maharashtra                                    | 316                                            |
| 16                                                                                                                                              | Manipur                                        | -                                              |
| 17                                                                                                                                              | Meghalaya                                      | -                                              |
| 18                                                                                                                                              | Mizoram                                        | 2                                              |
| 19                                                                                                                                              | Nagaland                                       | -                                              |
| 20                                                                                                                                              | Odisha                                         | 51                                             |
| 21                                                                                                                                              | Punjab                                         | 91                                             |
| 22                                                                                                                                              | Rajasthan                                      | 2                                              |
| 23                                                                                                                                              | Sikkim                                         | 4                                              |
| 24                                                                                                                                              | Tamil Nadu                                     | 130                                            |
| 25                                                                                                                                              | Tripura                                        | -                                              |
| 26                                                                                                                                              | Uttarakhand                                    | 24                                             |
| 27                                                                                                                                              | Uttar Pradesh                                  | 285                                            |
| 28                                                                                                                                              | West Bengal                                    | 11                                             |
| 29                                                                                                                                              | A & N Islands                                  | -                                              |
| 30                                                                                                                                              | Chandigarh                                     | 1                                              |
| 31                                                                                                                                              | Dadra & Nagar Haveli                           | -                                              |
| 32                                                                                                                                              | Daman & Diu                                    | 3                                              |
| 33                                                                                                                                              | Delhi                                          | 1                                              |
| 34                                                                                                                                              | Lakshadweep                                    | 1                                              |
| 35                                                                                                                                              | Puducherry                                     | 2                                              |
|                                                                                                                                                 | Total                                          | 1623                                           |
| *2011-12 data used                                                                                                                              | *2011-12 data used                             |                                                |
| Source : State/UT Animal Husbandry Departments                                                                                                  | Source : State/UT Animal Husbandry Departments | Source : State/UT Animal Husbandry Departments |