Indigenous Cow Can Also Take Lead In Carbon Trading, Says Animal Husbandry Minister: Report

During his speech, Parshottam Rupala said that several initiatives can be undertaken by the government to increase farmers' income by two times.

Animal Husbandry and Dairying Minister Parshottam Rupala

New Delhi: Animal Husbandry and Dairying Minister Parshottam Rupala on Monday said that the indigenous cows can take a lead in carbon trading while observing that there is a need to undertake a study to ascertain whether gases emitted from the dung of such cows are poisonous or not, reported the Indian Express.  Speaking after launching the NDDB MRIDA Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary company of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), Rupala said, “Gas emission me kya hamari indigenous gaay ka jo cow dung hai, usme se nikalane wali gas jahreelee hai ya koi alag hai, us vishay ke bhi research karne ki awashyakata hai (There is a need to research to ascertain whether the gases emitted by the dung of indigenous cows are poisonous or these are different.)."

“There is a tradition of using only cow dung for coating the floor in our country. There must be a mystery behind it. I don’t believe that there can be any superstition or unscientific facts in the saying of our sages. Therefore, that must be an experiment of complete science. This needs to be taken forward,” Rupala added. 

As per the report, Rupala further said that the cow can prove substantial for carbon trading. "Cow can also take lead in carbon trading… that too an indigenous cow,” Rupala said.

During his speech, he said that several initiatives can be undertaken by the government to increase farmers' income by two times.

Sanjiv Kumar Balyan, Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying; Minister of State for Fisheries L Murugan; Secretary Atul Chaturvedi; and Additional Secretary Varsha Joshi were also present on the occasion, the Indian Express report stated.