 bill no 255 of  2017 the stray cows (protection and control) board bill, 2017 by shri kunwar pushpendra singh chandel, mp a billto provide for the constitution of a board for the protection and control of stray cows in the country and for matters connected therewithbe  it enacted by the parliament in the sixty-eighth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) the act may be called the stray cows (protection and control) board act, 2017(2) it extends to the whole of indiashort title, extent and commencement5(3) it shall come into force on such date as the central government, may by notificationin the official gazette, appointdefinitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires:—(a) "anna board" means stray cows board constituted under section 3; (b) "stray cow" means cow left unattended by the gau palak or farmers in public places for fodder and water and includes its progeny, bulls and bullocks;5(c) "gau palak" means persons rearing cows; (d) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this actconstitution of the annaboard3 (1) the central government shall, by notification in the official gazette, constitute a stray cow board to be known as the anna board for the protection and control of stray cows in the country10(2) the anna board shall consist of a chairperson and ten other members, including one member each from the states of uttar pradesh and madhya pradesh having special experience for conducting various schemes of cattle rearing, and five gau palaks engaged in farming and rearing cows for the last five years(3) the headquarters of the anna board shall at mahoba in the state of uttar pradesh15(4) the anna board shall hold quarterly review meeting in such manner as may be prescribed(5) the salary and allowances payable to, and other terms and conditions of service of chairperson and members of the anna board shall be such as may be prescribed4 the anna board shall,—20functions of the anna board(a) conduct a survey once in every year for five years to assess the number ofstray cows in the country;(b) establish a cow promotion centre (cow hostel) in every village for protectionof stray cows with the facility of proper cleaning, fodder, water breed improvement;25(c) make arrangements for the collection of cow urine, panchgavya productsand installation of gobar gas plants;(d) establish breed improvement centre for tharparkar, gir, sahiwal andgangatiri breed of cows;(e) encourage fodder for urea exchange system among the farmers; and30(f) establish cow sanctuaries through water conservation, plantation and pastureon the basis of public partnership by the forest department of the state government concerned on the open and vacant land5 the central government shall provide market for the sale of foodgrains produced with less quantity of water from natural agricultural system which is free from poisonous chemicals with the use of the cow urine and cow dung based manure systemcentral government to provide market for foodgrains356 (1) the central government shall provide the following financial assistance to every gau palak—financial assistance to cow rearers(a) rupees one thousand per month per cow for rearing cows for a period of oneyear;40(b) for the establishment of flour mill, oil ghani, fodder cutting machine andpump technique for extracting water based on bullok energy; and(c) rupees twelve hundred per month as incentives to the farmers making useof oxes and bullock cart7 the central government shall award rupees five lakh as an incentive to the gram panchayat which has made full control on stray cows under its jurisdictionincentive to gram panchayat having control over stray cows58 the central government shall, after due appropriation made by parliament by law in this behalf, provide requisite funds to the state governments for carrying out the purposes of this actcentral government to provide requisite funds9 the central government may give such directions to the state governments as may appear it to be necessary for carrying out the purposes of this actcentral government to give directions tothe stategovernments power to make rules10 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this act1015(2) every rule made by the central government under this act shall be laid, as soon asmay be after it is made, before each house of parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule statement  of  objects  and  reasonsthe very basis of the economy of the country is agriculture and the only source of income of farmers in case of its becoming unprofitable is animal husbandry but due to drought prevalent for the last several decades in the economically backward areas of the country, particularly in bundelkhand, it has been very difficult to provide water and fodder for animals as a result, farmers abandon herds of their cows, far from their home, to survive on their own in the process of unburdening themselves this is also known as the 'anna pratha' in the bundelkhand region this is a pan-india problem stray animals do considerable harm to standing crops which brings loss to farmers and the social harmony is adversely affected too the traditions like 'anna pratha' also encourages smuggling of stray animals due to unavailability of fodder and water, some of these stray animals also die untimely along with this, stray cows take to the roads or highways causing heavy traffic snarls or leads to accidents with the control over stray cows, not only the income of farmers will increase but will also curb their migration it will further control smuggling, reduce harm to cows and number of accidents occurring on roads, and will also result in social harmony in societythe bill seeks to overcome the problem of traditions like 'anna pratha' to check smuggling of cows and problem of stray animals in particular the drought affected region and overall welfare of cow and its progeny and to reduce the burden of farmershence this billnew delhi;kunwar pushpendra singh chandelnovember 27, 2017 financial  memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for constitution of the anna board for the protection and control of stray cows in the country it also provides for appointment of chairperson and ten other members to the board clause 4 provides for establishment of cow promotion centre, etc clause 5 provides that the central government shall provide a market for the sale of  foodgrains produced with the use of cow urine and cow dung clause 6 provides for financial assistance to the gau palaks clause 7 provides for incentive of rupees five lakh to a gram panchayat having control over stray cows in its jurisdiction clause 8 provides that the central government shall provide funds to the state governments for the purposes of the bill the bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that an annual recurring expenditure to the tune of rupees twenty thousand crore will be involved from the consolidated fund of indiaa non-recurring expenditure of about rupees five hundred crore is also likely to be involved memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 10 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of this bill as the rules will relate to matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character———— a billto provide for the constitution of a board for the protection and control of stray cows in the country and for matters connected therewith————(shri kunwar pushpendra singh chandel, mp)gmgipmrnd—2806ls(s3)—20-12-2017