Cabinet gives nod to cow commission for beef ban

First India Bureau

Mumbai: State minister Deepak Kesarkar, while responding to a query by MLC Kiran Sarnaik of the Amaravati teachers’ constituency, told the Council that the government can take over private institutions to protect the interest of students.

MLC Sarnaik had asked about clearing non-teaching grants to unaided institutions, to which the school education minister replied, “No need to only raise the issues of teachers in the House. The interest of students should also be protected. We can take over private schools if needed.”

Agitated by his comments, NCP legislators Eknath Khadse and Vikram Kale raised objections. If the government wants to take over private educational institutions, then it needs to pay them first, Khadse said.

First India Bureau Mumbai: In order to strictly implement the 2015 law to ban beef and take measures for overall betterment of livestock, the state cabinet has cleared a proposal to set up a cow service commission.

The “Maharashtra Gau Seva Aayog” (Maharashtra Commission for Cow Service) will supervise the rearing of livestock and assess which of them are unproductive and rendered unfit for milking, breeding, and carrying agricultural works etc, said an Animal Husbandry Department official.

The cabinet has approved funds of Rs10 crore for setting up the commission. A draft bill for its formation as a

Decision on the matter was taken at a cabinet meet on March 17.

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