UP govt clears rules for cow conservation, development fund

The Uttar Pradesh government Tuesday approved setting up a corpus for funding the management and running of shelter homes for stray cattle and forming urgently required infrastructure in the state.

A meeting of the state cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, cleared the Uttar Pradesh Cow Conservation and Development Fund rules, 2019, to run and manage the 'govansh ashray sthals' at the district-level.

It was the first cabinet meeting after the Lok Sabha election.

An official release said the corpus will also help in implementation of different developmental schemes relating to cow conservation.

The matter was earlier brought before the state cabinet in January and it was decided that a state-level fund will be set up. The cabinet on Tuesday approved setting up of the corpus fund for its management.

The corpus will be raised through donations, state and central governments, government institutions, individuals or industrial houses, NGOs and charitable institutions, ...