(File Photo) Move would have hit farmers hard: a cattle fair in Kerala. (File Photo)The Centre has decided to withdraw its controversial plan of notifying a ban on sale of cattle for slaughter in animal markets, a senior official from the Ministry of Environment and Forests told The Indian Express. After the notification in May, the BJP-led NDA government came under severe criticism for attempting to impose the nationwide ban on ideological grounds. Farmers normally bring their redundant animals to livestock markets from where traders purchase and transport the cattle to abattoirs. It was then that the Ministry asked states to send their opinion on the notification that prohibited the sale of cattle for slaughter at animal markets.

Source: Indian Express November 29, 2017 23:31 UTC