EXPORT OF BEEF FROM INDIA LARGEST IN THE WORLD BY THE GRACE OF ITALIAN B-------H Attacking the UPA II government for increase in the export of meat and beef (3rd April 2014) Narendra Modi mocked at UPA II by saying that cattle are being killed for the sake of ‘pink revolution’, which hints towards the meat business, export of meat, beef. In our country eating beef is very sensitive religious issue. It emerges that now despite this being a sensitive issue; on the ground of commerce it comes to our notice that India has become the biggest beef exporter in the world, beating Brazil. This is as per the latest meat exports figures from the Ministry of Food Processing. The data shows that India exported 1.89 million tons of beef in 2012-2013, which is a 50 per cent increase over five years’ ago, “Officially, the slaughter of cows is banned and beef production is actually buffalo meat. Here too, the slaughter is restricted to males and unproductive females,’’ explains the Department of Animal Husbandry official. GOVERNMENT DEFENSE FIGURES FUDGED.
Posted on: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 19:51:32 +0000