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Aadhaar-like UID for cows
Buoyed by the success of unique identification number for humans, the Centre has decided to create a similar UID for cows.
​New Delhi: Buoyed by the success of unique identification number for humans, the Centre has decided to create a similar UID for cows.
In a submission to the Supreme Court on measures to be taken for cow protection and to stop smuggling of cattle across the India-Bangladesh border, the Centre has said that a committee, headed by joint secretary, Home ministry, has been formed to find out ways to generate UID for each cow in India.
The UID will have details like age, breed, sex, lactation, height, body, colour, horn type, tail switch and special marks of the animal.
While the responsibility for care of abandoned animals will lie with the state governments, the Centre is planning shelter homes in each district to accommodate at least 500 abandoned cows. The panel has suggested that the state governments will have to fund these facilities for cows.
The government has also recommended special care for cows beyond the age of milking. The Centre has also proposed a scheme for farmers in distress, to discourage them from selling their cattle after its milking age.
Further, the Centre said, toll-free helplines are being set up where people will be asked to report any suspicious trafficking of cows. According to sources, India has nearly 47 million indigenous and cross-bred cows.
Each of these cows will get a 12-digit UID, which will help the government in tracking their movement and productivity.
The Centre's decision to extend Aadhaar-like unique identification (UID) to cattle to check cow smuggling has drawn the ire of the Opposition.
Blaming the government for not focusing on serious issues like malnourishment, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi said, "Controlling cow smuggling is fine, but the priorities of the government are completely misplaced. They are not worried about children being stunted or pregnant women being under weight."
Expressing a similar view, Communist Party of India (CPI) leader D. Raja said. "Centre is forced to follow the Hindutva agenda of RSS with Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister.
The RSS can force the government to pursue the Hindutva agenda otherwise these are major policy matters which should be discussed in parliament."
