Mumbai:
Maharashtra Government on Monday declared desi (indigenous) cows as ‘Rajyamata-Gomata’ contemplating components like their significance since Vedic interval, an official notification stated.
The different components embody the significance of indigenous cow milk in human diet, ayurvedic and panchgavya remedy and use of cow manure in natural farming, the federal government decision, issued by the state Agriculture, Dairy Development, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Department stated.
The choice, which comes forward of the state meeting elections, underscores the cow’s non secular, scientific, and historic significance in Indian society, an official stated. It highlights the integral function that cows have performed in India’s cultural panorama for hundreds of years, he added.
By taking this choice, the state authorities has underscored the agricultural advantages of cow dung, which reinforces soil fertility and contributes to human diet and exhibits the federal government’s efforts to advertise sustainable farming practices, he stated.
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