Editorial: Passage to India
OPINION: Even before the National-led coalition came into power, India was very much at the fore of its trade agenda.
Eating beef in the Indian state of Maharashtra now gives diners something extra to chew on – arrest, jail and a fine.
Indian President Pranab Mukherjee has ratified the Maharashtra Animal Preservation (Amendment) Bill passed in 1995, that calls for anyone selling or eating beef to be jailed for five years and fined 10,000 rupees (NZ$214).
The state banned cow slaughter in 1976 and The Times of India reports the new law expands the ban to include calves and bulls.
Now, only the consumption of water buffalo meat is allowed.
Hindus oppose the slaughter of cows on religious grounds.
“Our dream of a ban on cow slaughter becomes reality now,” Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said in a tweet.
Maharashtra in western India has a population of 110 million and is the third largest state by area. The state capital of Mumbai has a population of 18 million and is the country’s financial capital.
Beef traders say the consumption ban will costs thousands of jobs in a country that is the second biggest exporter of beef after Brazil.
Under the law those charged with offences will be held without bail.
South Waikato farm manager Ben Purua’s amazing transformation from gang life to milking cows was rewarded with the Ahuwhenua Young Maori Farmer award last night.
Bankers have been making record profits in the last few years, but those aren’t the only records they’ve been breaking, says Federated Farmers vice president Richard McIntyre.
The 2023-24 season has been a roller coaster ride for Waikato dairy farmers, according to Federated Farmers dairy section chair, Mathew Zonderop.
Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) director general Ray Smith says job cuts announced this morning will not impact the way the Ministry is organised or merge business units.
Scales Corporation is acquiring a number of orchard assets from Bostock Group.
Family and solidarity shone through at the 75 years of Ferdon sale in Otorohanga last month.