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Every single inch of a cow is used for something, from fertilisers and brushes to wallpaper and chewing gum
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Economic Terrorism
The impact of cow vigilantism is being felt down the line
The Big Picture
Leather
Cattle Transport
Drivers Of A Sector
How gau raksha has hit business
Cattle Prices
Hit by GRDs and cow protection laws: 50% Indian farmers rear (and sell) cattle. After harassment on roads in Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, people getting pushed out of cattle trade.
Buffalo Prices (Haryana)
Cow Prices (Maharashtra)
Cow protection is now excuse for GRDs to harass buffalo traders too. Leather, tallow, soap, animal-based glue industry nervous and directly hurt.
Affordable meat for food in short supply due to GRDs. Mutton on average costs Rs 360 a kg, whereas beef (cow/buffalo) is Rs 120-180 a kg.
Cattle-Linked Trades
Other Cattle Parts
Adding Up The Heads
Source: Livestock Census 2012: Agriculture ministry 2014
Laws Banning Cow Slaughter
Trade In Fallen Cows
Cow beef is five per cent of the total meat production in India (GoI data). The trade in cow leather is from fallen cows, who die of natural causes. There is some trade in cows that are slaughtered legally in above-mentioned states and some are said to be culled illegally, though figures for this are unknown.
Beef (Buffalo) Export
India’s buffalo meat production is 38 million tonnes, of which 20 lakh tonnes was consumed domestically in 2015. Cow beef is five per cent of the total meat production in India (GoI data).