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SME Times News Bureau | 18 Feb, 2019
A new scheme promoted by the BJP-led coalition government in Goa wants
to promote goat breeding in the coastal state because goat-meat or
mutton, does not have religious taboo.
The scheme promoted by the
state's Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services comes at
a time when the price of beef has doubled in recent years, the supply
of red meat has been affected due to harassment of traders by right-wing
vigilante groups and also due a steep drop in fish sales over fears of
adulteration by formalin, a mortuary preservative.
"The meat
(mutton) is generally acceptable, delicious and of higher demand which
is consumed by all communities in India and has no religious taboo," the
Department said in a gazette.
It also said that goats are
prolific breeders, its milk has medicinal properties and setting up a
goat rearing unit requires low initial investment.
According to
the gazette, goats play an important role in the rural economy at
national level and that the scheme is an effort to make the state
self-sufficient in meat production, as well as to provide subsidiary
occupation to unemployed youth and women.
Over the last few
years, consumers have complained of scarcity of beef in the coastal
state, where the beef-eating minorities account for nearly a third of
Goa's population of 1.5 million.
Last year, beef traders had gone on strike alleging harassment by vigilante groups.
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