 bill no 248 of  2016 the  cow  protection  authority  bill,  2016 by shri gopal chinayya shetty,  mp a billto provide for the constitution of an authority for the purpose of protection of cow and its progeny in the country and similar authorities at the state level and for matters connected therewith or incidental theretobe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—1  (1) this act may be called the  cow protection authority act, 2016short title and extent(2) it extends to the whole of  indiadefinitions2  in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—5(a) "authority" means the national cow protection authority established undersection 4;(b) "cow" includes its progeny and bulls and bullocks; and(c) " prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act3 notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force or any usage or custom to the contrary, no person shall cause any injury or kill or attempt to kill, for any reason whatsoever, any cow in the countryprohibition of slaughter of cow and its progeny54 the central government shall establish an authority to be known as the national cow protection authority for the protection and overall development of  cow  and its progenyestablishment of national cow protection authority5 (1) the authority shall consist of :—composition of national cow protection authority10(i) a chairperson, who shall be an expert in the discipline of rural economy having not less than twenty years of experience in that field, to be appointed by the central government; and(ii) twenty members, having not less than ten years experience of teaching/working in the field of rural economy and animal husbandry, to be nominated by the central government in consultation with state governments15(2) the chairperson and other members of the authority shall hold office for a period of five years(3) the headquarters of the authority shall be at nagpur in the state of maharashtra(4) the salary and allowances payable to, and other terms and conditions of the chairperson and the members of the authority shall be such as may be prescribed20(5) the central government shall provide such number of officers and staff to the authority as may be required for its efficient functioning(6) the salary and allowances payable to, and other terms and conditions of the officers and staff of the authority shall be such as may be prescribed25establishment of state cow protection authority6 (1) the central government shall establish an authority for the protection and overall development of  cow and its progeny in each state/union territory to be known as the state cow protection authority or the union territory cow protection authority, as the case may be(2) the state authority shall consist of:—30(i) a chairperson, who  shall  be an expert in the discipline of rural economy having not less than fifteen years of experience in that field, to be appointed by the national authority in such manner as may be prescribed; and(ii)  ten members, having not less than ten years experience of teaching/working in the field of rural economy and agriculture, to be nominated by the national authority in such manner as may be prescribed35(3) the chairperson and other members of the state authority shall hold office for a period of five years(4) the salary and allowances payable to, and other terms and conditions of the chairperson and the members of the state  authority shall be such as may be prescribed40(5) the state authority shall function under the overall guidance and control of the national authority 7 the authority shall perform the following functions:—functions of the national authority(a) collection and compilation of data pertaining to different varieties/hybrids of cows found in the country;(b) conducting comprehensive cow census once in every three years;5(c) monitoring slaughter-houses in the country with a view to ensuring that no cow is slaughtered there;(d) improving the breed of cows through various scientific processes including artificial insemination;10(e) publicise and propagate the importance of cow for the indian economy through public awareness campaigns, newspapers and audio-visual media;(f) promoting the use of modern animal husbandry techniques to increase milk productivity of indigenous cow;(g) promote and propagate the use of ayurvedic medicines prepared with the use of contents of cow milk, gobar and gomutra among masses through print or electronic media;15(h) functioning as a resource centre in respect of ayurvedic or other medicines based on cow milk, gobar and gomutra and providing financial assistance for its promotion;20(i) promoting and propagating the manufacturing of medicines with the help of contents of cow milk, gobar and gomutra;(j) increasing public awareness for greater use of cow dung as a manure as a substitute for chemical fertilizers and making available the same to the farmers at reasonable rates;25(k) providing assistance and guidance for developing local grazing grounds for cows in such manner as may be prescribed;(l) monitoring the implementation of ban on export of beef from slaughter houses or from any other place in the country;(m) promoting the production and export of milk and milk-based products;30(n) providing assistance to state authorities for the loss of cow and other infrastructure during natural calamities;(o) providing for the care of sick, old and infirm cows;(p) construction of cow shelters with the provision  of adequate facilities including veterinary doctors and other support staff;35(q) providing financial assistance for construction of veterinary hospitals for the treatment of cow;(r) providing necessary assistance and guidelines for promotion of gobar gas plants;(s) tendering advice to state governments/union territory administrations on issues arising out of implementation of the provisions of the act; and40(t) such other functions as may be assigned to it by the central government8 the state/union territory authority shall perform the following functions:—(i) formation of special squads at district levels for enforcement of the provision of ban on slaughter of cow and its progeny;functions of the state/ union territory authority(ii) monitoring slaughter-houses within their jurisdiction with a view to ensuring that no cow is slaughtered there;(iii) taking the assistance of state authorities in implementation of the provisions of this act;5(iv) moving the cows seized from the slaughter houses to the nearest cow shelter constructed for the purpose; and(v) such other functions as may be assigned to it by the national authoritypunishment109 (1) whoever kills or attempts to kill or abets the killing of cow shall be punished withrigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than two years but may extend to seven years and also with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees(2) whoever causes injury to a cow shall be punished with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees15(3) whoever indulges in export or import of cows for the purpose of slaughtering or indulges in trading in beef or attempts to indulge in or abets such acts shall be punished with imprisonment which may extend to five years and with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees 10 the central government shall, after due appropriation made by parliament by law in this behalf, provide adequate funds for the implementation of the provisions of the actcentral government to provide adequate funds11 the provisions of this  act shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any other law, for the time being in force, regulating any of the matters dealt with in this act20act not to be in derogation of other laws power to make rules12 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of the act2530(2) every rule made under this act shall be laid, as soon as may 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 the 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 reasonsour country is currently paying a heavy price for excessively interfering with the nature wrong practices being adopted in agriculture have given rise to a number of issues including unemployment, degradation of land and deteriorating water resources deforestation has resulted in land erosion and also in lowering of water level the ecological experts are warning us against the ill-effects of reduction in bio-diversitycow and its progeny are the mainstay of agriculture and rural economy of the countrycows are considered sacred in our tradition and there is a good reason for that even then we are unable to save them from extermination smuggling of livestock worth 150 million rupees is taking place along indo-bangladesh border every year according to an estimate, approximately 80 per cent of the cow and its progeny have already been destroyed since independence it is our misfortune that we have undermined our culture from which we have benefited so much we still do not appreciate the kind of riches we can get if only proper arrangements are put in place to protect and enrich our cows and their progeny the existence of 36,000 slaughter-houses in the country is a pointer to thishybrid varieties yield more milk but become less productive in a short span the indigenous cows are important not only for their milk but also for other by-products such as, cow dung, bones, horns, urine which have adequate medicinal importance community animal husbandry can help run bio-gas plant having 85 to 125 cubic meter capacity it may be said that there is a strong linkage amongst rural industries, seven lakh villages and promotion of cow progeny mosquito-resistant coils, phenyl, insecticides, distemper, earthen tiles, shaving creams, face creams, utensil cleaning powders, tooth protection, herbal shampoos and also medicines for stomach cancer, kidney disease, respiratory disease and tuberculosis etc are just some of the products that are based on materials derived from cows this proves that we can still generate employment on a very large scale to promote rural economy on the basis of cow and its progeny that is why, cow is regarded in our country as gaumata and hence, there is need to make special provisions for protection, promotion and development of cow and its progenythis bill proposes to constitute a national cow protection authority at the national level and state cow protection authority at the state level for protection and development of cow and its progeny which is considered as the basis for the development of country and rural economyhence, this billnew delhi;gopal chinayya  shettyaugust 9, 2016 financial  memorandumclause 4 of the bill provides for the constitution of a national authority for protection of cow and its progeny clause 5 provides for composition of the national authority and salary and allowances payable to the chairperson and other members of the authority clause 6 provides for constitution of the state authority in states and union territories for  protection and overall development of cow and its progeny in the states and union territories by the central government clause 7 provides that central authority shall perform certain functions like collection and compilation of data pertaining to indigenous cows, setting up of shelter with adequate facilities for cows, providing financial assistance to the state cow protection authority etc clause 8 provides for formation of special squads for enforcement for protection of cows clause 10 provides that central government shall release funds to central authority after due appropriation the bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that an annual recurring expenditure of approximately rupees one thousand crore is likely to be involveda non-recurring expenditure of one hundred crore rupees is also likely to be involved memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 12 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the provisions of the bill the rules will relate to matters of detail only therefore, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character————— a billto provide for the constitution of an authority for the purpose of protection of cow andits progeny in the country and similar authorities at the state level and for mattersconnected therewith or incidental thereto—————(shri gopal chinayya shetty, mp)gmgipmrnd—2573ls(s3)—25-10-2016