Cash restrictions for LS poll hits century-old cattle market in Vellore
A century-old weekly cattle market in Vellore has been affected due to restrictions on carrying huge amount of cash during travel as part of the enforcement of moral code of conduct by the Election Commission of India (ECI) for Lok Sabha election on April 19. As per norms for the elections, cash up to ₹50,000 […]
Amul’s digital platform opens a window to cattle trade
Move over cattle fairs. Dairy farmers are taking to online marketplaces to buy and sell bovines. Take Ghomtiben Patel, a dairy farmer in Gujarat’s Kheda district, who has put her 4-year-old buffalo on sale for ₹1.10 lakh on Pashudhan, an eBay like marketplace for cattle introduced by Amul recently. All Ghomtiben had to do was upload three photographs of the […]
Dairy farmers demand withdrawal of anti-cow slaughter legislation
Accusing the Government of creating fear psychosis among farmers using the Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Act, a convention of dairy farmers has demanded that the legislation be scraped at the earliest in their interest. The conventionheld in Chickballapur on Thursday alleged that police were harassing farmers by using the provisions of […]
