Beef Consumption In India

Sources: www.religionfacts.com/hinduism/things/cow.htm, www.apeda.gov.in/apedawebsite/six_head_product/animal.htm, http://www.fas.usda.gov/psdonline/circulars/livestock_poultry.pdf MEAT PRAY LOVE EXPORT OF BEEF FROM INDIA IN MILLION METRIC TONNES INDIA RANKS HIGHEST AMONG THE BEEF 1,680,000 MT 1,294,000 MT 917,000 MT EXPORTING NATIONS 609,000 MT U.S.A. (1,124,000 MT) THE EXPORT WILL GROW BY AUSTRALIA (1,380,000 MT) 29% IN 2013 BRAZIL (1,394, 000 MT) 2009 2010 2011 2012 From being the land of the divine bovine since time immemorial to becoming the largest exporter of beef in the world in 2012, India's stand on beef consumption seems to have teetered greatly. Here's a closer look at the hypocrisy of the matter. INDIAN STATES / UNION TERRITORIES AND BOVINE SLAUGHTER The ban or conditions laid upon beef consumption in India are not only political but largely based on religious sentiments. Many Indian religions such as Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism 3,600 OPERATE 10.7% LEGALLY consider cattle sacred and their slaughter a taboo. In Hinduism, the cow is a symbol of abundance, purity, generosity and motherhood. Scriptures dating back to the Vedic Period consider the animal a deity. 89.3% 30.000 OPERATE ILLEGALY LEGAL VS. ILLEGAL ALL LEGALIZED BULL'BUFFALO NO SPECIFIC COMPLETE SLAUGHTERHOUSES IN INDIA LEGALIZED LEGISLATION PROHIBITION Panchagavya FIVE PRODUCTS OF A COW CONSIDERED SACRED IN HINDUISM MEAT CONSUMPTION IN INDIA WHO IMPORTS ? Butter Curd Urine VIETNAM OTHER Milk Dung MUTTON / LAMB MALAYSIA 2.7 KG/YR 1,750,000B MT POPULAR PER CAPITA EGYPT MEATS MEAT CONSUMPTION 5.5 KG/YR SAUDI ARABIA CHICKEN 2,754,000 MT Despite religious and legislative prohibitions, the country's high per capita consumption of beef explains that people across all religions JORDAN BEEF Бr BEEF 2,010, 000 MT 2.8 KG/YR consume the meat. The export of beef in 2012 fetched India RS. 13725.23 CRORES Assam West Bengal Andhra Pradesh Bihar Daman and Diu Goa Gujarat Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Orissa Pondicherry Tamil Nadu Uttar Pradesh Andaman and Nicobar Arunachal Pradesh Chandigarh Chhattisgarh Dadra and Nagar Haveli Jharkhand Lakshadweep Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Sikkim Tripura Delhi Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Manipur Punjab Rajasthan