“The first meeting will be held on November 22 at 12 noon on Gopashtami at the cow sanctuary in Agar Malwa,” he added. Earlier this year, the Madhya Pradesh had allocated Rs 11 crore or Rs 1.6 per day for feeding over 180,000 cows in government-run shelters in the state. Also read | India’s first cow sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh to be privatised“A steep cut from the Rs 20 per day, per cow, given earlier. “In the absence of the budget, we are taking the help of NGOs and gram panchayats to run more than 1,300 cow shelters in Madhya Pradesh. Watch: New ‘cow cabinet’ in Madhya Pradesh, after ‘love jihad’ law plan

Source: Hindustan Times November 18, 2020 03:37 UTC