 bill no 47 of  2010 the agricultural and processed food products export development authority (amendment) bill, 2010 by shri rajendra agrawal, mp a billfurther to amend the agricultural and processed food products export development authority act, 1985be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-first year of the republic of india as follows:—amendment of section 42 of 19862 in the agricultural and processed food products export development authority act, 1985 (hereinafter referred to as the principal act), in section 4, in sub-section (4), in clause (h), in sub-clause (ii), the word ''meat'', shall be omitted3 in the first schedule to the principal act, the entry ''2 meat and meat products''shall be omitted5amendment of the first schedule statement of objects and reasonsthe agricultural and processed food products export development authority(appeda) has been established by the government of india under the agricultural and processed food products export development authority act, 1985 the authority is entrusted with the responsibility of development and promotion of export of various scheduled products, including meat and meat products subsidy on the export of meat and meat products is being given to encourage its export serious impact of this policy are being noticed in the country illegal slaughterhouses have mushroomed all over the country excessive slaughtering of milch-animals is taking place with a view to export meat and meat products and in this process the prescribed norms and the provisions of the prevention of cruelty to animals act are being flouted moreover, the blood of the slaughtered animals and other harmful materials, which drain out of slaughter houses, are being dumped straight into the ground by digging 200 to 300 meters deep bores thus causing environmental imbalance and pollution of ground water the most serious aspect of this problem is that many people are engaging themselves in the business of butchery to earn profit at the cost of environment heavy loss is also being caused to agriculture and rural economy due to inclusion of meat in agricultural processed food productstherefore, meat and meat products should immediately be excluded from the purview of the acthence this billnew delhi;rajendra  agrawalmarch 26, 2010 annexure extract from the agricultural and processed food products  export development authority act, 1985 [act no 2 of 1986]4 (1)    (2)    (3)    establishment and constitution of the authority(4)    (a)    (h) twelve members to be appointed by the central government to represent,— (i) fruit and vegetable product industries; (ii) meat, poultry and dairy product industries; (iii) other scheduled products or special products industries; (iv) packaging industry the first schedule[see section 2(i)]1 fruits, vegetables and their products 2 meat and meat products lok  sabha————— a billfurther to amend the agricultural and processed food products export development authority act, 1985—————(shri rajendra agrawal,  mp)gmgipmrnd—1527ls(s5)—13-04-2010