3 weeks ago
UP Launches Cow Urine Collection Pilot; Samajwadi Party Cries Scam
Cows give us milk, but some cows are too old to give milk anymore.
These cows can still give something useful: their urine.
A big state in India called Uttar Pradesh has a new idea to collect this urine from farmers.
The government wants to use it to help plants grow instead of using chemicals from factories.
They started testing the idea in a place called Bulandshahr.
Farmers' groups collect the urine, and women helpers get a little money for every liter they collect, which gives them extra income at home.
Not everyone likes the plan, though - a party called the Samajwadi Party thinks the government is doing this to get money for elections.
The government's party says the plan helps farmers and women, and that the opposition complains about every good idea.
If the test works well, the program might spread to the whole state.
The Uttar Pradesh government has launched a pilot project in Bulandshahr to collect cow urine from farmers across 15 villages.
Around 500 litres of cow urine are being collected daily, with plans to raise the procurement rate to Rs 20 per litre.
About 300 rural women have been made shareholders and earn a commission of Rs 2 per litre for helping collect the urine.
The Samajwadi Party called the scheme a 'scam', alleging the BJP is using it to raise funds for elections.
BJP spokesperson Hero Bajpai responded that the SP opposes every development scheme, including those benefiting the Yadav community.
- Who
- The Yogi Adityanath government of Uttar Pradesh, rural women and farmers involved in the project, and the ruling BJP and opposition Samajwadi Party.
- What
- A pilot project to collect cow urine from farmers, to be used as agricultural raw material and possibly replace chemical formulations.
- Where
- 15 villages in Bulandshahr district, Uttar Pradesh, including Narsaina village in Syana tehsil.
- When
- Not specified in the article; around 500 litres are currently being collected daily.
- Why
- To boost farmers' income, provide an extra earning source for women, help maintain cows that no longer produce milk, and develop a natural alternative to chemical fertilizers.
Ruling government and BJP
Samajwadi Party (opposition)
Purpose of the cow urine scheme
Ruling government and BJP
The project will boost farmers' income, give women an extra earning source, help maintain cows that no longer produce milk, and may replace chemical formulations in farming.
Samajwadi Party (opposition)
The scheme is a 'scam' orchestrated by the BJP to raise funds for elections and will not lead to any development.
State of cow shelters
Ruling government and BJP
The scheme supports cattle welfare by helping maintain cows that no longer produce milk.
Samajwadi Party (opposition)
Neither cow shelters nor the cows housed in them are safe in the state, so the scheme is meaningless.
Political motivation
Ruling government and BJP
The SP finds fault in every development scheme and is unhappy that benefits are reaching the Yadav community, whose politics it champions.
Samajwadi Party (opposition)
The BJP is running the scheme as a way to raise funds for elections, not for genuine development.
Key facts
- State
- Uttar Pradesh, India
- District
- Bulandshahr
- Villages involved
- 15
- Daily cow urine collection
- Around 500 litres
- Commission paid to women
- Rs 2 per litre
- Planned procurement rate
- Rs 20 per litre
- Women made shareholders
- Around 300
- Implementing body
- FPO led by Dr Praveen in Narsaina village, Syana tehsil
Quotes
Hero Bajpai
BJP spokesperson
“They do not seem pleased with the benefits accruing to the very section (the Yadavs) whose politics the Samajwadi Party champions.”
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