India’s Pink Revolution is Hindustan’s Devolution
Background of Pink Revolution:
In our cattle wealthy nation, concept of Pink Revolution was introduced by then Congress Govt. year 1996 onwards. Fact of the matter is, this was never a revolution but was divulgation of Death Warrant for Hindustan’s precious cattle wealth. Reasons cited by Govt. was nation’s weak Balance of Payment provision, Current Account Deficit, Dwindling foreign Reserve etc…which was actually result of post independence four decade’s financial mess-up. O.K. let’s give them doubt of benefit, but what about today? Do we need to continue treatment for the disease which is already cured! Let’s compare some figures and take holistic view on merits of necessity and promotion of Pink Revolution.
➢ In 1996-97 India’s external debt was to GDP ratio was 27%, now it is 23%
➢ India’s GDP during year 1996-97 was 399Billion US$ is in year 2017 whopping 2486Billion US$ (6times grown)
➢ India’s export during year 1996-97 was 3000Million US$ which has to jumped to 28000 million US$ in year 2016. (approx 9 times increased)
➢ Foreign Exchange reserve 28,000Million US$ during year 1996-97 is rocketed to 3,79,310 million US $ in year 2017 (13 times up)
➢ Export of Buffalo meat rise significantly between years 1999 to 2016. From Rs.700 Crore to Rs.26000Crore.
Now Let’s discuss devastating impact of Pink Revolution: farmer’s suicide have gone up rapidly, prior to 1996, less than 1000 farmers were committing suicide in a year across India, which jumped to direful 12000 Farmers per year!!! If Pink Revolution is farmer friendly (as claimed by G O I) why farm suicide has grown 12times? Evidently this figure confirms indispensible relationship between Human wealth and cattle wealth.
Every day we in India slaughter approx. 1.5 lakhs animals out of which approx 70000 are slaughtered to foster foreigner‘s relish and our Foreign exchange greed. Even our law makers Rajyasabha committee in its petition report no 151 recommended (Refer page no 14 onwards of Rajyasabha, Committee Report no 151. Tabled on 13 .2.2104 in Rajyasabha )
“Animal slaughter goes against the basic principles of Indian culture and philosophy, which teaches compassion for animals and is against the teachings of ‘Ahimsa’ taught by Mahatma Gandhi, Father of the nation. The Committee recommends for a more humane and compassionate approach towards preventing the slaughter of animals.
The Committee also recommends that the Government should not grant permission for functioning of any new slaughter house until the critical analysis by the dedicated Commission is complete. The Committee also advocates review of policy of giving subsidies to the meat exporters and recommends a total ban on the subsidies and tax benefits.
The Committee also strongly recommends that the Department of Animal Husbandry should play a more proactive role in preserving the cattle wealth of the country instead of being a mute spectator.
The Committee strongly recommends that the entire Meat Export Policy be again reviewed by the Department of Commerce in a time bound manner within three months by involving all stake holders including members of the public. The Ministry of Commerce may take into consideration the findings/ observations/ recommendations of this Committee including long term implications of the meat export policy before finalising the review. The Committee recommends that pending this review no new abattoirs should be registered by APEDA.”
The action to promote meat export posed serious threat on depletion of India’s majestic native breeds which is foundation of Indi’s economic. It has direct relationship with availability of nutrition to citizen’s of Hindustan. It’s open secret, under guise of weak, unproductive and unhealthy animals all young, healthy and productive majestic breeds are slaughtered. Under the guise of Buffalos cows are slaughtered and exported unabatedly. Nobody either butcher or overseas buyer ever interested in meat of weak, aged, unproductive animals. Abattoirs across India operate unruly. Illicit money from Meat export also foster terrorism, insurgency and disestablishing nation.
All these happen at the cost of our subsidies (As many as 12 types of subsidies meat exporters enjoying) and Air, Water, soil and energy. Meat exporter not only take away our precious breed which is lifeline of rural India but also eroding our soil, contaminate our rivers and ponds, emptying our water bowl, spreading poison of tones of antibiotics in our farm, pollute our environment. All these anarchies are for Meat which we export at as low as Rs.200/KG!!!
While our Govt. bragging on revenue from Meat export. Let’s see (hidden) cost of Meat:
To produce One Kg Meet what resources we waste
Above tables are showing Hidden Cost of Meat. We need to feed 6.5kg grain & 15,455 Ltr water and 330 square meter land to produce one Kg of Meat
Now, it’s upon wisdom of reader to decide how efficient meat production is! Still we promote!! We provide subsidies. Disgusting fact is fully matured, evolved, enjoying number 1 status world over get subsidies which are basically designed for start up, smooth take off, providing level playing field. Does this sector deserve these freebees even after 25years, at the cost of tax payer’s hard earned money which goes as profit to private! Agony is, Scholars, Environmentalists, Agriculturalists, Doctors, Economists, most prominent Institutions, Governments from world over are issuing dietary guideline to mitigate meat consumption drastically and advocating for stop all subsidies but charging additional Environment tax, we, in India, host this ballooned sector with packages and subsidies! Scroll in, India’s prestigious on line news paper reported on 20.9.2016 which is extremely disturbing and somber:
“Global Hunger Index, the report paints a reality very different from India 2020. Far from becoming a superpower, India has failed to provide its people with that most basic of rights: freedom from hunger. Thirty nine per cent of Indian children under the age of five show stunted growth while 15% are wasted – which means they are getting so little food, it increases their chances of dying significantly. The lack of food available for Indian children, amongst other factors, means that that a shocking one out of every twenty children dies before their fifth birthday.”
Why can’t we provide affordable priced milk, nutritional food, clean water and healthy air to our children? Instead of harvesting meat and degrading agriculture land which in turn steeply dwindle productivity and bring level of price unaffordable thus beyond reach to millions of citizens. Abattoirs kill the fertility of land and contaminate water; people’s habitats are always vulnerable to various chronic, fatal diseases.
Does India really need revenue from Meat export today? As we have seen in the beginning of article Pink Revolution was commenced under than Govt. of India’s distress and worrisome financial mess-ups. But now, besides comparative figures stated in the beginning of this article are self explanatory. Our nation fortunately earned Additional windfall, unpredicted profit from falling prices of Brent Crude Oil in international market. As stated in Crisil Research report (Crisil Budget Analysis – 2016 Book), which reads:
Lower oil prices to aid revenues: Oil prices are expected to continue their downward journey. After Brent crude prices almost halved from an average $86 per barrel to an estimated $48 per barrel in fiscal 2016, we expect oil prices to fall further to around $39 per barrel in fiscal 2017. The decline has reduced the government’s oil subsidy burden, and allowed it to ramp up revenues stream by hiking excise duty on petrol and diesel. At current rate of excise hikes – of Rs 7.07 per liter for diesel and Rs 4.02 per liter for petrol which the government undertook between November 2015 and February 2016 – the government stands to earn extra revenue of Rs 179 billion and Rs 405 billion in fiscal 2016 and fiscal 2017, respectively. At the same time, the government’s fuel subsidy bill is budgeted to drop from Rs 300 billion in fiscal 2016 to Rs 270 billion in fiscal 2017. However, we expect the fuel subsidy bill in fiscal 2017 to be lower than this. (Source: https://www.crisil.com/pdf/research/CRISIL-Budget-Analysis-2016.pdf).
Cattle is our wealth, by exporting logically, we are selling our wealth. Running national affairs from the revenue generated out of selling assets is dignified move? Govt. pridefully boasts their No1 status in the world as meat exporter. Ethically we should not look at blood money, we can’t snatch away speech’s lives for the money we are not desperately needed, our glorified culture doesn’t permit this. Selling assets and developing nation is never sustainable. And being number 1 exporter of meat we are by default no1 environment polluter. And as eternal law of nature Polluter Pays, we are under serious threat of Global warming, Climate change, food insecurity and water scarcity which no currency however volumetric, can compensate.
It’s time to revisit this policy. It’s time for Govt. to recognize Pink Revolution as curse on the glory of Hindustan. Before fatten, power packed Meat Lobby devour us, we should abdicate it, sooner the better.
Akhil Bharat Krishi Go Seva Sangh. Mumbai
Trustee.
01.06.2017.
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