LUCKNOW: The Opposition in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday slammed the state govt's choice to levy a cess to fund temporary shelters for cattle, saying this may burden other folks.
The BJP govt made up our minds on Tuesday to introduce an additional levy of zero.5 per cent as cow welfare cess on eight profit-making public sector infrastructure firms to fund the construction and upkeep of cow shelters.
The cess may even observe on go back and forth on some expressways where motorists already pay a toll.
In addition `mandi parishads, which were giving 1 per cent of their income for cow welfare, will now be asked to pay 2 per cent.
The Samajwadi Party, Congress and the Bahujan Samaj Party have criticised the transfer.
"It is the responsibility of the government to protect cows, but I wonder why the people are being burdened," SP spokesman Rajendra Chaudhary stated.
BSP president Mayawati challenged the Centre to impose a identical cess on the national-level, “if the protection of cows may also be ensured through such considering of the BJP and the RSS”.
UP Congress spokesman Anshu Awasthi stated, "The BJP is in power in UP for greater than 20 months, but nothing concrete has been carried out for the cows.”
“When the farmers and others are going through immense hardships because of stray cattle, they are now trying to one way or the other send a message that severe measures are being taken," he stated when contacted.
He stated the Bharatiya Janata Party had sought votes within the name of the cow and now its govt is burdening common other folks, invoking cows.
The govt will factor a notification inside every week at the new cess below its 'gau kalyan' scheme, Additional Chief Secretary Awanish Awasthi instructed PTI, an afternoon after the cupboard approved the scheme to set up the 'gauvansh ashray sthals'.
"Details are being worked out, and it will be implemented as early as possible," chief minister Yogi Adityanath instructed PTI.
UP BJP chief Mahendra Nath Pandey rubbished the opposition criticism, saying the "historic decision" will pass a ways in benefitting farmers.
He stated it's going to end up to be “the biggest scheme on the planet” to assist farmers save crops from stray cattle. At the similar time it's going to assist within the conservation of cattle, he added.
The sale of byproducts from cattle may even help in making the sheds self-dependent, Pandey stated.
The cowsheds might be opened in all villages, panchayats, municipalities, nagar panchayats and municipal firms. They could have a capability to hold a minimum of 1,000 animals, officials stated.
An reputable stated farmers are forsaking their animals because of increasing mechanisation and the brand new coverage will make sure that deal with the stray animals.
The further zero.5 per cent cess might be levied in conjunction with the toll accumulated through the Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) and identical companies.
Also, zero.5 per cent of the profits made through some PSUs and building companies like UP Rajkiye Nirman Nigam and UP State Bridge Corporation might be used to generate funds for the planned cow shelters.
The 'Kanji House' machine for holding impounded cattle would even be revived, officials stated.
A committee might be set up at block, district and tehsil point for the implementation of the plan.
The state govt has been below some drive from farmers protesting over stray cattle destroying their crops. Adityanath lately ordered removal of illegal encroachments to pave the best way for recent grazing grounds.
Over the previous week, other folks in a minimum of two villages in western Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh and Firozabad districts rounded up stray cattle and locked them up in govt schools, refusing to let classes run till the management did one thing in regards to the animals.
In Aligarh, police stations have started sheltering stray cows after a directive from the district police chief.
The BJP govt made up our minds on Tuesday to introduce an additional levy of zero.5 per cent as cow welfare cess on eight profit-making public sector infrastructure firms to fund the construction and upkeep of cow shelters.
The cess may even observe on go back and forth on some expressways where motorists already pay a toll.
In addition `mandi parishads, which were giving 1 per cent of their income for cow welfare, will now be asked to pay 2 per cent.
The Samajwadi Party, Congress and the Bahujan Samaj Party have criticised the transfer.
"It is the responsibility of the government to protect cows, but I wonder why the people are being burdened," SP spokesman Rajendra Chaudhary stated.
BSP president Mayawati challenged the Centre to impose a identical cess on the national-level, “if the protection of cows may also be ensured through such considering of the BJP and the RSS”.
UP Congress spokesman Anshu Awasthi stated, "The BJP is in power in UP for greater than 20 months, but nothing concrete has been carried out for the cows.”
“When the farmers and others are going through immense hardships because of stray cattle, they are now trying to one way or the other send a message that severe measures are being taken," he stated when contacted.
He stated the Bharatiya Janata Party had sought votes within the name of the cow and now its govt is burdening common other folks, invoking cows.
The govt will factor a notification inside every week at the new cess below its 'gau kalyan' scheme, Additional Chief Secretary Awanish Awasthi instructed PTI, an afternoon after the cupboard approved the scheme to set up the 'gauvansh ashray sthals'.
"Details are being worked out, and it will be implemented as early as possible," chief minister Yogi Adityanath instructed PTI.
UP BJP chief Mahendra Nath Pandey rubbished the opposition criticism, saying the "historic decision" will pass a ways in benefitting farmers.
He stated it's going to end up to be “the biggest scheme on the planet” to assist farmers save crops from stray cattle. At the similar time it's going to assist within the conservation of cattle, he added.
The sale of byproducts from cattle may even help in making the sheds self-dependent, Pandey stated.
The cowsheds might be opened in all villages, panchayats, municipalities, nagar panchayats and municipal firms. They could have a capability to hold a minimum of 1,000 animals, officials stated.
An reputable stated farmers are forsaking their animals because of increasing mechanisation and the brand new coverage will make sure that deal with the stray animals.
The further zero.5 per cent cess might be levied in conjunction with the toll accumulated through the Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) and identical companies.
Also, zero.5 per cent of the profits made through some PSUs and building companies like UP Rajkiye Nirman Nigam and UP State Bridge Corporation might be used to generate funds for the planned cow shelters.
The 'Kanji House' machine for holding impounded cattle would even be revived, officials stated.
A committee might be set up at block, district and tehsil point for the implementation of the plan.
The state govt has been below some drive from farmers protesting over stray cattle destroying their crops. Adityanath lately ordered removal of illegal encroachments to pave the best way for recent grazing grounds.
Over the previous week, other folks in a minimum of two villages in western Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh and Firozabad districts rounded up stray cattle and locked them up in govt schools, refusing to let classes run till the management did one thing in regards to the animals.
In Aligarh, police stations have started sheltering stray cows after a directive from the district police chief.
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