UP Govt Begins Cow Urine Buyback Project; Farmers To Get Rs 10/Litre, Samajwadi Party Takes Jibe

The
Utta
P adesh
gove me t
has
begu
a
pilot
p oject
i
Bula dshah
to
pu chase
cow
u i e
f om
fa me s
a d
cattle
ow e s,
c eati g
a
additio al
sou ce
of
i come
fo
u al
households
while
putti g
agei g
a d
o -milki g
cattle
to
p oductive
use.

The
i itiative,
bei g
impleme ted
ac oss
15
villages,
i volves
p ocu i g
cow
u i e
at
Rs
10
pe
lit e.
Officials
say
the
collected
mate ial
is
expected
to
be
used
as
a
i put
i
ag icultu e
a d
could
pote tially
educe
depe de ce
o
chemical-based
p oducts.

If
the
pilot
delive s
the
expected
esults,
the
state
gove me t
is
co side i g
expa di g
the
p og amme
to
othe
pa ts
of
Utta
P adesh
th ough
dedicated
collectio
a d
p ocu eme t
ce t es.

How
The
Cow
U i e
P ocu eme t
Scheme
Wo ks

The
p oject
is
cu e tly
bei g
coo di ated
th ough
a
Fa me
P oduce
O ga izatio
(FPO)
led
by
D
P avee
i
Na sai a
village
u de
the
Sya a
tehsil
of
Bula dshah .

A ou d
500
lit es
of
cow
u i e
a e
epo tedly
bei g
collected
eve y
day
f om
the
pa ticipati g
villages.
Sto age
ta ks
with
a
capacity
of
200
lit es
have
bee
i stalled
at
va ious
collectio
poi ts
to
facilitate
the
p ocess.

The
gove me t
is
also
exami i g
the
possibility
of
i c easi g
the
pu chase
p ice
f om
Rs
10
to
Rs
20
pe
lit e.
Such
a
evisio
could
make
the
i itiative
mo e
att active
to
fa me s
a d
cattle
ow e s
a d
pote tially
i c ease
pa ticipatio .

Apa t
f om
ge e ati g
a
additio al
sou ce
of
eve ue,
officials
see
the
p oject
as
a
way
of
maki g
bette
use
of
cattle
that
o
lo ge
p oduce
milk
but
co ti ue
to
equi e
food
a d
mai te a ce.

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Wome
f om
pa ticipati g
villages
have
bee
give
a
impo ta t
ole
i
collecti g
cow
u i e.
They
eceive
Rs
2
pe
lit e
as
a
commissio
fo
the
collectio
wo k,
p ovidi g
a
additio al
ea i g
oppo tu ity
withi
the
u al
eco omy.

A ou d
300
wome
a e
said
to
have
joi ed
the
i itiative
i
its
i itial
phase.
They
have
also
bee
made
sha eholde s
i
the
ve tu e,
givi g
them
a
stake
i
the
p oject
beyo d
thei
collectio – elated
ea i gs.

Depe di g
o
the
volume
collected
a d
how
exte sively
the
p og amme
expa ds,
officials
expect
some
pa ticipati g
wome
could
pote tially
ea
as
much
as
Rs
2
lakh
a ually.

The
gove me t
hopes
the
model
ca
combi e
ag icultu al
use,
cattle
ma ageme t
a d
u al
employme t,
pa ticula ly
fo
wome
who
a e
al eady
i volved
i
livestock- elated
activities.

Govt
Pla s
Expa sio
If
Pilot
Succeeds

Fo
ow,
the
p ocu eme t
p og amme
emai s
limited
to
the
15
villages
selected
fo
the
Bula dshah
pilot.
Autho ities
will
assess
the
esults
befo e
decidi g
whethe
to
tu
it
i to
a
b oade
state
policy.

If
expa ded,
the
p og amme
could
i volve
establishi g
dedicated
p ocu eme t
a d
collectio
i f ast uctu e
i
additio al
dist icts.
The
gove me t
believes
a
la ge
etwo k
could
c eate
a othe
i come
cha el
fo
fa me s
while
p ovidi g
a
steady
supply
of
cow
u i e
fo
ag icultu al
applicatio s.

The
p oposal
comes
amid
wide
effo ts
to
p omote
alte atives
to
chemical-i te sive
fa mi g.
Officials
a e
explo i g
whethe
cow
u i e
collected
th ough
the
p og amme
ca
be
effectively
p ocessed
a d
used
as
a
ag icultu al
i put.

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Oppositio
Questio s
The
Govt’s
I te t

The
i itiative
has
also
t igge ed
political
c iticism,
with
the
Samajwadi
Pa ty
questio i g
the
gove me t’s
motives
behi d
the
p og amme.

Samajwadi
Pa ty
spokespe so
Mohammad
Azam
Kha
desc ibed
the
p ocu eme t
d ive
as
a
“scam”
a d
alleged
that
it
was
bei g
used
to
ge e ate
fu ds
ahead
of
electio s.
He
also
questio ed
the
co ditio
of
cow
shelte s
a d
the
p otectio
available
to
cattle
housed
the e.

The
oppositio
leade
a gued
that
the
p og amme
would
ot
t a slate
i to
mea i gful
developme t
if
basic
facilities
fo
cattle
emai ed
i adequate.

The
Utta
P adesh
gove me t,
mea while,
is
p oceedi g
with
the
Bula dshah
pilot
as
autho ities
assess
whethe
the
model
ca
become
a
sustai able
sou ce
of
i come
fo
fa me s
a d
u al
wome
while
givi g
a
eco omic
pu pose
to
agei g
cattle.

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