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UP Launches Cow Urine Collection Pilot; Samajwadi Party Cries Scam

UP Launches Cow Urine Collection Pilot; Samajwadi Party Cries Scam
UP Begins Pilot Project On Cow Urine Collection, Samajwadi Party Makes Jibe · NDTV

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.

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.”
NDTV

Sources

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