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UP launches cow urine procurement pilot in Bulandshahr
The Uttar Pradesh government has started a pilot project in Bulandshahr to buy cow urine from farmers through Farmer Producer Organisations at Rs 10 per litre. Around 500 litres are collected daily…
The Story in Brief
The Uttar Pradesh government has started a pilot project in Bulandshahr to buy cow urine from farmers through Farmer Producer Organisations at Rs 10 per litre. Around 500 litres are collected daily from 15 villages, with plans to raise the procurement price to Rs 20 per litre. Women involved in collection get a commission of Rs 2 per litre and could earn up to Rs 2 lakh annually. The government says the scheme will promote organic farming and provide supplementary income to cattle-rearing families. The Samajwadi Party criticised the move, recalling the BJP’s unfulfilled promise of generating electricity from garbage.
The Indian Opinion
The cow urine procurement scheme is the latest battlefield in UP’s eternal cow-versus-development debate. The BJP says it will boost rural incomes; the SP mocks it as another broken promise, pointing to the garbage-to-electricity pledge that never delivered. Both sides are playing to their galleries. The real test is not political rhetoric but numbers: will the government actually collect and sell lakhs of litres? Without a viable market for cow-urine-based fertilisers, this remains a symbolic subsidy, not a livelihood programme.
Source: timesnownews.com
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