“ANIMAL
WELFARE
&
GOSHALA
DEVELOPMENT
IN THE
COUNTRY”
UNDER the UMBRELLA
of
ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD OF INDIA
Ministry of
Environment , Forest and Climate Change,
Govt. of India
“A VISION - ROAD MAP - ACTION PLAN (2017-2020)”
by
DR. SK MITTAL
B.Com (Hons) LLM, Ph.D
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Sree Kunj, 19/1, 3rd block, 5th Main, JL Puram, Mysore
570012 Phone:08214255242(Res) 2301601(Off) (Mobile)9980246400, Email: awbikk@gmail.com sk.mittal@bjp.org
Convener AWBI Jallikattu Inspection Committee
Member & In-charge Karnataka & Kerala(04-07),
Animal Welfare Board of India Govt.Of.India
Exe.Member
Karnataka State Goseva Ayog Govt. of Karnataka
National Co Convener 09-13 BJP Cow Development Cell
Member: Kerala State Animal Welfare Board 06 ,
Vice President: All India Goshala Federation
Vice President: SPCA (R) Mysore
President: Akhil
Karnataka Goraksha Sangh (R),
President: Karnataka GoshalaMahasangh(r),
Patron :Agarwal Samaj Mysore(R),
Adviser: Dakshin Bharat Agarwal Samaj(R)
MG. Comm: All India Agarwal Sammelan,
Patron: Pushpanjali (R)
Asst. District Governor 99-2000 Rotary Intl. Dist.3180
CONTANTS
•
Abstract
•
Introduction
•
Functioning Route
•
Scenario PROBLEMS
& CHALLANGES
•
Action
•
Working
•
PRIORITIES
GOSHALA DEVELOPMENT
•
BASIC REQUIRMENTS
•
Coordination with Central & State
Government
•
Man Power & Skill Development
•
Networking through SAWB and SPCAs
•
Funds and Funding
•
Fund Raising
•
Summary
•
References
ABSTRACT
The
present scenario of the animal welfare moment is very challenging because
Indian conditions of the animal use and their misuse are quite different than
the western country, especially European country like UK, USA, Canada, Australia,
Germany, France etc.
As
per reports and documentation of the animal welfare board of India, the animal
welfare moment in the country have been associated with major four action plan
(awareness and education, animal rescue and health care, coordination,
cooperation and support/encouragement and last one is enforcement of animals
laws. It is also observed since last 30-40 years the animal welfare movement
based upon changing the attitude of the
people through various sensitising programme like awareness and human education
to prevent the cruality in the country by applying of animal health care and
rescue operation as per requirement.
However,
the decade long philosophy/action-plan has been ignored since last one decade
and adopted the aggressive animal welfare activism of the western country. The
result of such animal welfare formula has started to ruin the interrelationship
of man, animal and environmental balance among culture, food, agriculture,
small enterprises and industrial development of many areas. The great example
is jellikattu protest by youngsters of Tamil Nadu state which has given the
lesson to Indian animal welfare movement that western concept of the animal
welfare is not viable in India and need sustainable concept of animal welfare
which has already been defined in our culture and civilisation. It is concluded
that if the animal welfare movement is followed by shrimati Rukamani Devi
Arundel concept- change of he heart and mind will prevent the cruelty in the
natural way and this philosophy will be sustainable for animal welfare movement
without dividing the society and people.
The Animal Welfare Movement in the country
to be launched on the basis of requirement and necessity based. Western
concept of animal welfare can not be
adopted and if forced to implement in the country , the society will be divided
and people would oppose due to lack of awareness. The philosophy of the animal
welfare may be popularised and convinced the people , if successful
sensitisation programmes are held to make an public movement which has to based
upon socio-economic and culture based environmental / animal welfare techniques
to transform the views and opinion public , particularly young generation
INTRODUCTION:
The Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) is
the country’s apex body for promoting the welfare of animals. The Board was
established in 1962, as per provision of Section 4 of the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals Act, 1960 (No. 59 of 1960)..
The Animal Welfare Board of India was started
under the stewardship of Late Smt. Rukmini Devi Arundale, well known
humanitarian, and served in the leadership of Sri Gaurishankar Mundara, Lt.
Gen(Retd) Dr.AK Chatterjee, Chief Justice (Retd) Sri Gumanml Lodha and
Maj.Gen(Retd) Dr.RM Kharb AVSM for last 12 years.
The role of honorable Animal Husbandry
Commissioners and Director Generals of Forest as Chairman from time to time
apart from Member of Parliaments and Animal Loving Members is also to be
remembered at this occasion. Without the support and guidance of Honorable Ministers
of Agriculture, Statistics & Program implementation, Social Justice &
Empowerment and Environment & Justice in their respective periods pushed
the Board to present horizon.
The Board has been the face of the animal
welfare movement in the country for the last 55 years. Through its services,
Board ensures that animal welfare laws in the country are diligently followed,
provides grants to Animal Welfare
Some basic achievements of last 55 Years can
be described here to plan for the coming years( 2017-2020).Organizations and
advises the Government of India on animal welfare issues, The Board consists of
28 Members. The term of office of Members is for a period of 3 years. It is
functioning from its HQ at Chennai TN with Board of Members (22) in which a Chairman
and a Vice Chairman as appointed by Union government for a period of 3 years. The
Secretary on deputation from Govt. of India and 24 – 30
officials, coordinators, Typist, Peon etc.
FUNCTIONING
ROUTE:
Table: Recognised AWOs of AWBI
and their State-wise status
SN
|
STATE
|
NO,OF AWO
|
01
|
Arunachal
Pradesh
|
5
|
02
|
Assam
|
14
|
03
|
Bihar
|
29
|
04
|
Chhattisgarh
|
22
|
05
|
Nagar Haveli
|
1
|
07
|
Delhi
|
51
|
08
|
Goa
|
8
|
09
|
Gujarat
|
257
|
10
|
Haryana
|
277
|
11
|
Himachal
Pradesh
|
88
|
12
|
Jammu Kashmir
|
60
|
13
|
Jharkhand
|
15
|
14
|
Karnataka
|
64
|
15
|
Kerala
|
30
|
16
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
387
|
17
|
Maharashtra
|
164
|
18
|
Manipur
|
13
|
19
|
Meghalaya
|
1
|
20
|
Mizoram
|
2
|
21
|
Nagaland
|
3
|
22
|
Orissa
|
380
|
23
|
Punjab
|
95
|
24
|
Pondicherry
|
5
|
25
|
Rajasthan
|
929
|
26
|
Tamilnadu
|
199
|
27
|
Telangana
|
24
|
28
|
Tripura
|
13
|
29
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
400
|
30
|
Uttarakhan
|
38
|
31
|
West Bengal
|
47
|
TOTAL
|
3200
|
RECOGNIZED AWOS FOR THELASTFIVEYEARS
Year AWOs
2010-11 2916 -
2011-12 2978
62
2012-13 3043 65
2013-14 3072 29
2014-15 3159 87
2015-16 3200 41
|
CATEGORIES OF AWOS RECOGNIZED BY THE
BOARD
SPCAS
199
GAUSHALAS
& PANJARAPOLES 1936
BLUE
CROSS SOCIETIES 23
PFAs
96
OTHERS
905
TOTAL 3159
|
Highest in Rajasthan with 929, UP 400 MP 387,
Haryana 277,Gujarat 257, TN 200 Maharashtra 164, AP 86 and lowest in Meghalaya with one. The Animal
Welfare Board of India is perhaps single largest funding organization for
animal welfare work. Out 3,200 AWOs
recognized by the Board, over 1500 are Goshalas and rest are other AWOs . The
AWBI is serving AWOs in all the States and Union Territories in the Nation.
SCENARIO- PROBLEMS &
CHALLANGES
The present scenario of the animal welfare
moment is very challenging because Indian conditions of the animal use and
their misuse are quite different than the western country, especially European
country like UK, USA, Canada, austrialia, germany, france etc. As per reports
and documentation of the animal welfare board of India, the animal welfare
moment in the country have been associated with major four action plan
(awareness and education, animal rescue and health care, coordination,
cooperation and support/encouragement and last one is enforcement of animals
laws. It is also observed since last 30-40 years the animal welfare movement
based upon changing the attitude of the
people through various sensitising programme like awareness and human education
to prevent the cruality in the country by applying of animal health care and
rescue operation as per requirement.
However, the decade long
philosophy/action-plan has been ignored since last one decade and adopted the
aggressive animal welfare activism of the western country. The result of such
animal welfare formula has started to ruin the interrelationship of man, animal
and environmental balance among culture, food, agriculture, small enterprises
and industrial development of many areas. The great example is jellikattu
protest by youngsters of Tamil Nadu state which has given the lesson to Indian
animal welfare movement that western concept of the animal welfare is not
viable in India and need sustainable concept of animal welfare which has
already been defined in our culture and civilisation. It is concluded that if
the animal welfare movement is followed by shrimati Rukamani Devi Arundel
concept- change of he heart and mind will prevent the cruelty in the natural
way and this philosophy will be sustainable for animal welfare movement without
dividing the society and people.
·
Today whole nation
looks towards Union Government
through AWBI to stop Cruelties on
Animals i.e. illegal animal trading,
transportation, smuggling, Exploitation , slaughter and Sacrifice.
·
Every city is flooded with illegal slaughter places,
unchecked, for Cruelties on Voiceless Animals and playing with the health of
consumers apart from not following any Law
or Rules.
·
Illegal Sale and purchase of Animals in Millions, in
violation of Union and State Acts and Rules, in Regulated Markets & APMC
Yards in the Country .
·
Rampant
interstate and international Illegal
smuggling of animals is going on.
Action
Apart
from Statutory mandate it is
proposed to work & stretch
itself to incorporate all animal related matters helping Citizen Women
empowerment, Rural Development, Health & Hygiene : viz
1. Animal husbandry/veterinary services
2. Issue
of animal transport & meat
3. Slaughter
houses
4. Animal
farming, Animal shelters/ Rescue centers
5. Export/import
of animal related drugs
6. Animal
testing and laboratories
7. Animals
in national parks/Zoos
8
Circuses & performing animals
All the on going activities/ programmes
of the Board would be continued after evaluation of programme as per necessity
and requirement in the present scenario.
It is important that the Animal Welfare Board
of India(AWBI) a institution working for
Humane treatment of Animals in public interest
and environmental safety, working
together for a proper Coordination of
Central and State Departments and Schemes. It shall advise Central & State
Governments about the formulation and utilization of Schemes to stop the
Cruelty and suffering apart from economic viability of speechless animals which
are abandoned or rendered useless.
WE
will work for:
Ø Development
of Model Shelter Houses and Aadarsh Gaushalas (Rescue Homes for guidance of
Gaushala).
Ø Development
of Model Mobile Veterinary Care Units.
Ø Developing
cells for disaster management for quick response in natural calamities.
Ø Training
NGOs /AWOs in dealing with natural disasters / calamities in the Country.
Ø To
facilitate the constitution and effective functioning of SAWBs / SPCAs in all
Districts of the Country.
Ø Facilitating
intensive implementation of ABC/AR Programme for controlling the street dog
population and eradication of rabies in co-ordination with all State
Governments / UTs.
Ø Facilitating
construction of animal shelter houses in each district of all States for stray
animals with the co-ordination of State Governments / Uts.
Ø Encouraging
for the utilisation of the by-products of cows for self-sustainability of
Gaushalas such as Bio-Compost, Vermi-Compost, organic Bio-pesticides, Panchagavya,
making Gaumutra extract, Biogas production, electricity production, sanitary
& health care products.
Ø Encouraging
making of silage in Gaushalas to convert rough Crop fiber into protein for
improving the nutrition. Facilitating
the imparting of Humane Education in schools / colleges.
Ø creating
increased sensitivity for co-existence with animals.
Ø To
initiate efforts to include animal welfare as curriculum in schools/Colleges/
Universities & Teacher Training Institutions as part of environmental education
syllabus since
Ø there
is a marked increase in the incidences of man-animal conflict in society due to
lack of compassion, tolerance and respect for all living beings.
Ø Need
substantial increase in the allocation of grants to AWOs to effectively promote
Animal Welfare initiatives.
Ø Scope
of Humane Education Programmes needs to be expanded by introducing Animal
Welfare as a curriculum in Schools/Colleges/Universities & Teacher Training Institutions
Ø Inhumane
and illegal slaughter needs to be addressed.
Ø Inhumane
culling of animals for disease control needs to be addressed.
Ø Inhumane
and illegal transportation of animals needs to be addressed.
Ø Animal
sacrifice needs to be stopped.
Ø Proper
enforcement of Animal Welfare Laws in the Country.
Ø Need
to enlarge membership of Board so that all States have a Member in the Board to
facilitate Animal Welfare initiatives.
Ø Need
of more stringent Animal Protection Laws to deter potential animal abusers.
Ø Regulation
of Pet Shops, for which the Pet Shop Rules drafted by the Board needs to be
notified.
Ø Regulation
and control of Pedigreed dog breeders for which the Dog Breeding Marketing and
Sale Rules drafted by the Board need to be notified.
Ø Aquarium
and Fish Breeding Rules drafted by the Board need to be notified.
Ø Creation
and activation of State Animal Welfare Boards and District SPCAs in each
District and their funding by respective State Govts. is required to promote
animal welfare all over India.
Ø The Souring Relations between AWBI and Govt.
needs immediate improvement and should
be based on mutual trust and building up of Confidence amongst all . Healthy
and Harmonious relations to be built by exchange of Information so that there is no Communication gap to Implement Govt. Policies.
PRIORITIES
GOSHALA
DEVELOPMENT
a) STRENGTHENING
GOSHALAS: Strengthening Goshalas ,
Gosadans and Panjarapoles will be top priority..
b) CHECKING
CRUELTIES AND OFFERING WELFARE MEASURES :Checking
cruelties and offering welfare measures on cows & its progenies in
particular will be an important task.
c) INSPECTION
OF SLAUGHTER HOUSES: Inspection of slaughter
houses and its regulation will be imported.
d) ENCOURAGING
THE INDIGENOUS BREED: Encouraging the indigenous
breed and natural breeding system in Goshalas will be emphasised .
e) ENCOURAGING
THE PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF
PANCHGAVYA MEDICINES: Encouraging the production and marketing of Panchgavya
Medicines with validation of product will be on most vital objective.
f) RESEARCH,
EDUCATION ,TRAINING & AWARENESS ON GOSHALA DEVELOPMENT: Research , Education , Training and Awareness
on Goshala Development and Prevention of
Cruelties on cows and its progenies will be prioritised.
g) ENACTMENT
AND IMPLEMENTATION OF CATTLE PROTECTION LAWS: Enactment
and Implementation of cattle protection laws at Centre and State level will be
most important task.
h) LAUNCHING FUND RAISING SCHEMES:
Launching fund raising schemes/ programme will be an important task.
i) HONOUR/
AWARD OF GOOD WORK: Honour/ award of good work
done.
j) ORGANISING
SEMINARS, CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS ETC: Organising
Seminars, Conferences, Workshops etc. to interact common man to make people’s
movement will be emphasised.
k) SET
UP OF GOSEVA AYOG (S) IN ALL THE STATES :Set
up of Goseva Ayog (s) in all the States by providing proper support to function for real cause will be
given more priority .
l) ACTIVATING
OF DISTRICT SPCAS AND STATE ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD Activating
of District SPCAs and State Animal Welfare Board in each State will be an most
important work and objective.
m) ENCOURAGING
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FODDER BANK: Encouraging the
establishment of Fodder Bank and use of Fodder Storage techniques will be imported
more to save the life of animals suffering during natural calamities and dry
period of female animals/ cows when the
farmer sale them due to inabilities of feeding and care till their next production .
n) CO-OPERATION
, CORRELATION ,COORDINATION:
Co-operation , correlation ,coordination
and support among AWOs, local Gov(s).
and Other Agencies( India & Abroad) . The proper networking will be
prioritised.
o) SETTING
UP THE KNOWLEDGE BANK OF ANIMAL WELFARE
INTELLECTUALS GOSHALA DEVELOPMENT: A knowledge bank will be established by
gathering of animal scientists, policy makers, journalists, animal activists, bureaucrats,
veterinarians, social workers, judicial personalities , actors/ cinema/ music
personals,
BASIC REQUIRMENTS :
Coordination with Central & State Government
There
are several Central Government Ministries and Departments working with several
innovative Scheme. Animal Husbandry being State Subject, all the states have
enacted several Animal Safety Acts and Rules.
They
also draft animal welfare related Schemes.
Board will have study, enlist,
examine and try to work as a Catalyst and may be as Nodal agency where ever
possible.
Board
will work as a coordinating Agency and an Advisory body with concerned Central
& State Departments to restrict illegal transportation, Slaughter,
Smuggling, Sacrifice etc all cruelties.
Man Power & Skill Development
Work
distribution among all members by constituting required Sub Committees.
Team of
Experts and Advisors on different fields will be created.
To proceed
towards Cruelty free nation, economically viable Animal Shelters, Training Centres,
and so many other targets manpower is the 1st requirement for which the parent ministry has to be
approached for need based requirements.
Ø Looking the region wise requirement, we will
suggest the parent ministry to decide for shifting of Main office to Delhi for
better coordination and to serve more and more AWOs.
Ø We will suggest Parent ministry, to
proceed for removing the hurdles in the
path of Nominating parliament members as Members of AWBI as provided in the PCA
Act. These 6 Members used to be tremendous
source of support, sharing workload. Till these members are unable to be
nominated Honorable Minister may Co opt
6 Members to provide boost to Animal Welfare activities.
Ø To achieve better co-ordination in addressing
animal welfare / cruelty issues with cooperation of SAWBs, District SPCAs
& Grass root animal care takers and to Create and use of databases for this purpose.
Networking through SAWB and SPCAs
Three Tier system is enacted in The PCA
ACT of 1960 to have in animal welfare at all levels. AWBI with Central Government, States Animal
Welfare Boards in the States and SPCAs
in Districts .But the situation is grime. In most of the States either
Boards are not constituted or non functioning and Animal Husbandry Departments
are playing the Role. Same is the condition in Districts. Not even 20% of the
Districts have constituted SPCA though it is a statutory requirement. Hon’ble
Supreme Court directions are also to be followed for constitution and effective
functioning of SAWBs & SPCAs. Board will endeavour to formulate working
plan, advise and work with these agencies.
FUNDS AND FUNDING
The various schemes of the AWBI are used for which the grants
were released are indicated below:
Scheme Amount No. of
In lakhs Orgns.
1.
Regular and Rescue Cattle
Maintenance Grant 501.47 446
2. Provision of Shelter House
480.77 50
3. ABC
96.84 30
4. Ambulance Services
119.65 28
5. Natural Calamity 2.00 2
6.NRCP
10.00 1
TOTAL 1210.73 557
|
Grants
released during the last 5years
YEAR Rs.( in lakh)
2010-2011 2522.26
2011-2012 2177.09
2012-2013 1606.50
2013-
2014 1299.80
2014-2015 1210.73
|
Grant received by AWBI during the year (2014-15 ) Rs. in lakhs
Plan 513.12
Non
Plan 152.98
Provision
for
Shelter
House 480.00
ABC/AR 100.00
Ambulance 115.00
Natural
Calamity 3.00
M/o Health
NRCP 104.00
Total
1468.10
|
Grants received by the Board during the last 5 years (
2014-2015) (Rs. in Lakshs)
Year
Plan Non-Plan Shelter
ABC Ambu. Nat.Cal. NRCP
2010-2011 1118.00 100.00 400.00
360.00 200.00 32.00 000.00
2011-2012 875.00 160.00 722.50
393.75 247.50 10.00 000.00
2012-2013 700.00 138.60 920.00
445.00 270.00 10.00 000.00
2013-2014 536.00 129.60 000.00
009.00 010.00 70.00 070.00
2014-2015 513.12 152.98 480.00
100.00 115.00 3.00 104.00
Applicant
organizations are getting annual fund on regular basis from Board after
submitting Utilization Certificate of earlier grants received and fulfilling
formalities. Board tries to distribute the Grants on the basis of number of
applicants and availability of funds from Union Government. Board operate different
Schemes of Union Government viz. Shelter Grant, ABC operation Grants, Ambulance
Grant, Natural Calamity etc As a fair
estimate, above list denotes not more than 20% of Animal Welfare Organizations.
FUND
RAISING
· It is
Suggested that parent ministry may provide adequate funding looking the number
of AWOs to be served.
· Animal
Husbandry being State subject as per the
Constitution of India and every State Government must plan for it when making Budgetary
provision to serve Animals. State. Board will suitably advise State Animal Welfare Boards and / or Animal
Husbandry Departments to provide funding to its District SPCAs, AWOs and Animal
Shelters/Infirmaries as suggested under Sec 35 in PCA Act 1960.
· There are
several Schemes of Ministries of
Agriculture, Renewable Energy, Urban development , Food
Processing, Trade & Commerce, Tribal, Social Justice &
Empowerment, Minority affairs, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj etc. Board
needs to study and work with different
ministries as a Nodal Agency.
· Taking
the advantage of Income Tax Act, Board will come with a Scheme providing
opportunity to Industries to come forward to support AWBI in its Endeavour to
serve Speechless animals.
· Millions
of NRIs can be a great source of funding the Animal Welfare Activities of the
Nation. Board will approach Indian Embassies and High Commissions through
Ministry of External Affairs to encourage them to fulfill their desire of
serving Speechless animals may be Cow progeny or Dogs in which ever way they
feel and at which ever part of the nation they decide. Board will ensure to
fulfill their desire.
SUMMARY
The
Animal Welfare Movement in the country to be launched on the basis of requirement
and necessity based. Western concept of
animal welfare can not be adopted and if forced to implement in the country ,
the society will be divided and people would oppose due to lack of awareness.
The philosophy of the animal welfare may be popularised and convinced the
people , if successful sensitisation programmes are held to make an public
movement which has to based upon socio-economic and culture based environmental
/ animal welfare techniques to transform the views and opinion public ,
particularly young generation.
REFERENCES:
1.
Annual
Report ( 2014-15): Animal Welfare Board of India, MoEF&CC, Govt. of India
2.
Dr.SK
Mittal :ASLI (2017) – A mobile App available on Google Play store
3.
Dr.SK
Mittal. Vision Documents(2016-2020)- Submitted to MoEF & CC, Govt of India
4.
Dr.
SK Mittal Bangladesh Cattle Smuggling
Report(2016) – Released end of the last year
5.
Paryawaran Bharti ( Bi-monthly
Hindi)-Articles/interview published during 2016-17
6.
Feelings gathered in Conference in
Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi held on
16.5.2016
7.
BJP Manifesto 2014.
8.
Gaushala Sammelan held in Bangalore on
16 July,2016
9.
Inspection Reports on Slaughter,
illegal Transportation, Sacrifice & Smuggling of Cattle.
10.
Report on Jallikattu 2017
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