Memorandum presented to the President Smt. Pratibha Patil
To
Honourable President of India
Rashtrapathi Bhavan
New Delhi
Respected Madam,
The indigenous breed of cow is regarded, worshiped and called goumata (mother) by crores of countrymen. The cow and her progenies are the source of invaluable medicines in the form of panchgavya (milk, curd, ghee, urine and dung). The panchgavya has exceptional capacity to preserve and purify the fundamental tatvas of the universe—prithvi (earth), jal (water), agni (fire), vayu (air), akash (sky) and vanaspati (the nature). The Kamdhenu, as the Indian cow is the called and regarded, is well known for preserving the nature and ensuring environmental balance. She has been the foundation of our economic prosperity as well as the Indian traditional culture since time immemorial. Making adequate arrangement for protection and preservation of these cows is still our primary duty.
To take this message to the common man, a nationwide campaign in the name of Vishwa Mangal Gou Gram Yatra was undertaken from Vijayadashami (September 28, 2009) to Makar Sankranti (January 17, 2010). The campaign, conducted purely under the guidance of the revered saints fraternity of the country visited every nook and corner of the country and touched lakhs of remote villages even in hill and Vanvasis areas, cities towns and Basits through thousands of upayatras and thee main Yatra which was overwhelmingly received by the people everywhere. This campaign not only generated the feeling of cow protection and development of village but also generated the feeling of Rashtriya Ekatmata (national oneness).
Crores of people pledged to abandon the produces grown with the help of chemical fertilizers and pesticides and to turn to panchgavya and organic produces. They have signed the memorandum demanding:
(1) Declare the govansh as sanskritik dharohar (cultural legacy) of the nation.
(2) Enact a central law fully banning the cow slaughter and ensure its strict implementation
(3) Make adequate arrangements to protect and preserve the cows and her progenies
(4) Make the villages healthy, prosperous and self-reliant by promoting panchgavya based medicines and cottage industries there and also by encouraging bullock-driven tractors, the farming techniques that requires less water, natural farming, and also the bio gass as the alternate source of energy.
(5)Make the environment pollution free by promoting gochar land in order to ensuradequate fodder for cattle. This memorandum representing feelings of the countrymen has very much national significance.
We believe that the implementation of this memorandum in letter and spirit will ensure environment purification, solution to the global warming problem. The increase in number of govansh and prosperity of our villages will restore the national glory of Bharat.
The details of the demands made in the memorandum
Cow should be declared as cultural legacy of the nation:
National emblem (Ashok Charka), three-faced lion (the fourth lion is hidden from sight since it is positioned at the rear end), represents the non-violent culture, the Dharma Chakra represents progress with justice to everyone, the Horse represents reliability and thee Bull represents the agriculture culture of India. The insult to these symbols is a punishable offence. The killing of bullock is also an insult of the national emblem. Therefore, the cow should also be declared as Sanskritik Dharohar (national legacy) of the country has as tricolour as national flag, Vandemataram as national song, tiger as national animal, peacock as national bird, dolphin as national fish etc are protected under the rule.
The founder of Jainism Bhagavan Rishabhdev is recognised with bullock. Similarly Lord Shiva is recognized with Nandi, Lord Krishna with Goumata and Mata Shailputri and Mahagauri with the cow. The killing of them hurts our religious sentiments. It is also violation of our religious and fundamental rights.
Constitution of a separate ministry at the centre and Gou Sewa Aayog for the protection, promotion and preservation of Indigenious breeds of cows:
There is a dire need to ensure protection and promotion of Indian breeds of bulls for the healthy development of govansh. Similarly, there is a need to protect and promote the bullocks by ensuring their usefulness which can be done by encouraging the bullock-based agriculture in the country. The artificial insemination of Indian cows should be stopped forthwith. The normal price of a Geer, Sahiwal, Tharparkar, Ongol, Kankrej breed of cow is from Rs 2 to 2.5 crore in foreign countries. But the fact is that all our indigenous breeds of cows are under threat of extinction. The number of the surviving cows belonging to Vechur, Alambadi, Baragur, Kangayam and Binjarpuri is not even in hundreds today.
Decrease in the number of govansh has been reported 9.5 per cent (after 1992 and it is 6.8 per cent after 1997.
The cross breed cows - 2.46 crore
Indeginous breed of cow - 16.04 crore
The contribution of cows in milk production 40 per cent
The contribution of cross breeds 18 per cent
Indigenous cows 22 per cent
The diseases in cross breeds 5.7 per cent
Jhones disease 0.4 per cent
Brucolisis 12.4 per cent
IBR 43.2 per cent
Campio bacteriosis 17.1 per cent
Disease free cross breed cows 21.2 per cent
Contribution of cattle in the total GDP 6.01 per cent
But the provision for development of cattle at national level is --0.11 per cent
The contribution of cattle in agriculture - 27.2 per cent
But budget allocation for their development- 11.7 per cent
Total deaths due to AIDS 1500, but the budget allocation for it --Rs 550 crore
The deaths due to tuberculosis are 3,50,000 (200 times more than AIDS) but the budget allocation for it --Rs 186 crore
No death by Bird flu till now, but budget allocation for it --Rs 160 crore
The cross breed cow gives birth to two-three calves in her life but
the indeginous cows give about 14
Milk production from indigenous cows --continuous to generations
But in cross breds only for 2 generations
Fat in indigenous cow milk more than 4 per cent
in cross bred --less than 3 per cent
Protein in indigenous is A2 which prevents from heart, cancer, Autism diseases
in cross breed is A1, which causes Autism, heart problems, cancer, etc.
Employment generation through cow rearing for women -- 69 per cent
Total people involved directly 86 lakh
Indirectly 76 lakh
The 2001-2002 report of National Cattle Commission says that 8 crore employment can be generated through cow rearing and organic farming.
Methane production in Desi 100-150 ltr per day
In exotic 400 ltr per day
The panchgavya (milk, curd, ghee, urine, dung) from indigenous cows has special qualities. The Government of in association with the Govigyan Anusandan Kendra, Nagpur, has secured three international Patents on cow urine arka
The cow urine arka has been found as bio enhancer, Immuno modulater, anti cancer, anti viral, anti bacterial and anti fungal. Many other properties of it have been explained in Ayurveda.
Gou mutra as pest repellent also got US Patent (No. 72997659). Improved yield, quality, disease resistant and fungal resistance have been noticed. We can reduce the chemical pesticide usage in great quantity by use of goumutra.
Enactment of anti-cow slaughter law and its effective implementation, ban on meat export as well as on all slaughter houses:
In India, every year about 2.5 crore cows are slaughtered and 45-50 lakh are sent to Bangladesh. When cow slaughter had been banned during the Mughal era, why is it not possible in democracy?
The respectful life for farmers:
Farmers are supposed to feed whole nation, but they themselves are in distress and resort to suicide. Only cow based agriculture can make farmers self reliant. Then only a village can be saved. In recent years more than 2 lakh farmers opted for suicide. Due to side effects of chemical pesticides, more than 2,35,00 farmers and other people have died. Nitrous oxide has increased to 6 per cent due to chemical pesticide/fertilizer production and their application. Nitrous oxide is causing Green house effect. The whole world is disturbed due to the increase in global warming.
Subsidy on chemical fertilizer is Rs 1,00,000 crore
Subsidy on chemical pesticides is Rs 33,700 crore
Budget allocation for pesticides in 10th Five Year Plan is Rs 1,68,500 crore.
10 years back the agriculture expense was 7 per cent. Now it is 72 per cent.
The 10-15 per cent agriculture land of the country is becoming barren and the water table too is going down.
Uncontrolled diseases are seen in Humans, animals, plants. Diabetes, BP, Heart disease, asthma, Cancer, etc are touching every house now.
The wheat production has decrease to 18.6 per cent since 2002-03. There is same condition in the production of others crops like pulses, oils, sugarcane etc.
Agriculture land should not be acquired for SEZ. Instead Special Agriculture Zone be marked with the facilities of food processing and cold storage.
Formation of Kamadhenu University in each and every state:
The usefulness of the cows, breed conservation and protection, organic farming, panchgavya and Ayurveda etc should be included in the regular curriculum of schools and colleges.
The development and promotion of govansh means restoration of the decentralised economy of our nation. This is the permanent solution for all problems we are facing now. The whole atmosphere (water, air and soil) should be pollution free.
We hope, considering all our requests you and will take favourable decision in national interest.
Thanking you
Yours truly
Dr HR Nagendra
Working President, Vishwa Mangal Gou Gram Yatra
January 31, 2010
(Translated into English from original Hindi text)
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