AMN
The National Green Tribunal today directed the Ministry of Agriculture to file an affidavit stating details of the minutes of a meeting held to frame a national policy to prevent the rapid decline in the population of indigenous breeds of cattle across the country.
A bench headed by Acting Chairperson Justice U D Salvi also asked the other stakeholders in the case to place on record their views along with all the material concerned within two weeks.
The matter will now be heard on 1st February.
The NGT had earlier directed the governments of West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Goa, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim and Tripura to participate in the meeting to frame a national policy.
The tribunal was hearing a plea against the looming threat of extinction of indigenous breeds of cattle in the country.