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Cattle trade restrictions: Don't intend to alter food habits, hit businesses, says Harsh Vardhan

Posted on Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at 06:30 by Rafeeq - Under NEWS

By PTI, Jun 12, 2017 23:09:25 IST New Delhi: The government does not want to 51alter51 the food habits of people and put businesses in this sector to trouble, Union minister Harsh Vardhan said.
File image of Harsh Vardhan. Firstpost

His remarks come amid protests over the notification issued by his ministry on the sale of cattle for slaughter at open markets across the country.
51We drafted the rules after the Supreme Court directive. Following this, the notification was put in the public domain for a period of one month.

51Some suggestions came and were incorporated into the rules. Our intention behind issuing the rules is not to alter the food habits of people in any way. We also do not have any intention of putting businesses of any kind to difficulty,51 the environment minister said.

The row over beef eating and cattle trade has led to protests in several states, including Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka.

Vardhan said suggestions 51are coming in and if anybody has any reservations, they can send it to the ministry and these suggestions will be looked at objectively51.

51Now the matter is again in the Supreme Court,51 he said.

The Madras High Court had on 30 May stayed for four weeks the enforcement of the contentious notification.

The order had come on a petition challenging the bar as inimical to personal liberty, people's rights to livelihood and an encroachment into matters that are within the domain of the states. SOURCE : FIRSTPOST