After getting approval of President Pranab Mukherjee, Haryana Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gausamvardhan Act has come into force with effect from Thursday.
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Thursday formally released the notification of the Act during a function organised at Karnal. The Act provides for a rigorous imprisonment ranging from three years to ten years for killing the animal.
It also provides for a fine from Rs30,000 to Rs1 lakh. Under the Act, the State Government will also establish laboratories for differentiation of beef from that of the meat of other species of animals, testing and identification of various constituents of milk and milk products.
With ‘Haryana Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gausamvardhan Act’ coming into effect, the State Government has also constituted ‘Gau Seva Aayog’. Bhani Ram Mangla, who belongs to Mewat and affiliated with BJP has been appointed the chairman of ‘Gau Seva Aayog.
The State Government has appointed 12 non-official members of the Aayog with immediate effect. Rishi Prakash Sharma of Vikas Nagar, Bhiwani would serve as vice chairman of the Aayog and other members included Om Singh Chauhan, Ramji lal Rawat, Vidya Sagar Bagla, Prabhati lal, Dayanand Tiwari, Ram lal Bagri, Sharvan Bansal, Swami Parmanand, Rajesh Dhankar and Acharya Yogender.
Meanwhile, the Chief Minister Manohar lal while addressing a gathering at Karnal said that the Bill was passed unanimously by all 90 members of the Assembly including three Muslim legislators who hail from Mewat.
He said that people belonging to Muslim community has also appreciated the ‘Haryana Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gausamvardhan Act’ and assured to provide every possible help in its implementation.
He said that many people of Muslim community claim that their ancestors were ‘Yadhuvanshi’ as they used to rear cows. In this direction, a Muslim Gaushala has also been set up in Mewat, said he.
Manohar lal added that the State Government has implemented various schemes to promote cow rearing in the state. Under these schemes, grant up to 50 per cent was given for setting up mini dairy with minimum five cows and incentive ranging from Rs10,000 to Rs20,000 was being given for rearing indigenous cows.
On this occasion, the Chief Minister announced to give Rs11 lakh to Shri Krishna Gaushala out of his discretionary funds.