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Facts you might NOT have known about the meat and dairy production and exports of India.
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THE ORGANISED SECTOR ACCOUNTS TO ONLY 20% OF ALL MILK PRODUCTION IN INDIA WHEREAS THE UNORGANISED SECTOR TAKES UP THE REMAINING.
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ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL DAIRY DEVELOPMENT BOARD (NDDB) THE NATIONAL MILK PRODUCTION HAS INCREASED FROM 10.4 MILLION METRIC TONNES (MMT) IN 1961 TO 198.4 MMT IN 2019- 2020.
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THE DAIRY INDUSTRY (INCLUDING ANIMAL HUSBANDRY) IS ESTIMATED TO SUPPORT 100 MILLION HOUSEHOLDS IN INDIA.
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ACCORDING TO THE USDA’S REPORT, INDIA EXPORTED 1.6MMT OF BOTH COW AND BUFFALO MEAT – IN 2019.
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HOWEVER, THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT DATA ON APEDA ONLY SHOWS THE EXPORT OF BUFFALO MEAT, AND NOT OF COW MEAT.
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AN ESTIMATED 9.5 MILLION BUFFALOES WERE KILLED IN THE YEAR 2019-2020 FOR BEEF EXPORTS
Average Weight of a Buffalo – 400kgs – (Indian Express)
Average Carcass Weight of a Buffalo (bones + flesh and does not include Head, skin, internal organs and fat) – 45% = 180kgs – (Indian Express)
Average Boneless meat (Edible flesh) is 30.6% = 122.4kgs – (Indian Express)
India Exports only Buffalo Meat (Boneless) – (APEDA – page 8-9; S.No. 20 & 21)
Total Beef Exports = 1,152,547,320kgs / 122.4kgs (average boneless meat for one cow) = 9416236 Headcount.
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FARMING AND DOMESTICATING COWS BEGAN AROUND 10,000 YEARS AGO.
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BUFFALOES ON THE OTHER HAND, ARE ESTIMATED TO HAVE BEEN DOMESTICATED AT A MUCH LATER DATE, ABOUT 5000 YEARS AGO.
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BHISHMA TALKS AT LENGTH ABOUT VIOLENCE OR ‘HIMSA’ IN KILLING ANIMALS.
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IN PATANJALI’S YOGA SUTRAS, THE FIRST STEP OF YOGA IS NOT ABOUT BODY STRETCHING OR WARM- UP, BUT ABOUT THE PRACTICE OF AHIMSA. UNLESS ONE PRACTICES AHIMSA, ONE CANNOT PROGRESS IN YOGA.
00:16:09
FAXIAN QUOTE – “INDIA IS A STRANGE COUNTRY. PEOPLE DO NOT KILL ANY LIVING CREATURES, DO NOT KEEP PIGS AND FOWL, AND DO NOT SELL LIVE CATTLE.”
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THIS ALSO LED MAHATMA GANDHI TO QUIT CONSUMING MILK
The Story Of My Experiments With Truth
Chapter 29
“I told him the whole history and the reasons behind my vow, how, since had come to know that the cow and the buffalo were subjected to the process of phooka, I had conceived a strong disgust for milk.”
00:36:43
AS OF MID 2022 (STATE AND UT WISE BAN ON COW AND BUFFALO SLAUGHTER – EXCEL SHEET WITH LINKS)
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AS OF MID 2022 (STATE AND UT WISE BAN ON COW AND BUFFALO SLAUGHTER – EXCEL SHEET WITH LINKS)
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THERE ARE ABOUT 50 LAKH (5 MILLION) STRAY CATTLE ALL OVER INDIA.
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LIVESTOCK TAKES UP 77% OF THE GLOBAL AGRICULTURAL LAND, AND PRODUCES ONLY 18% OF THE WORLD’S SUPPLY OF CALORIES.
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WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF EVERYONE IN THE WORLD GOES VEGETARIAN?
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NASA’S SEA-LEVEL PROJECTION (SSP5-8.5) BASED ON IPCC’S 6TH ASSESSMENT.
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RIGHT NOW DAIRY IS EXPORTED FROM INDIA TO OVER 100 COUNTRIES.
