Question : ILLEGAL EXPORT OF LIVESTOCK



(a) whether the Government is aware that 80 per cent of livestock being reared in Brazil are of Indian breed;

(b) if so, whether the Govemment is aware that every year livestock semen worth crores of rupees, are illegally smuggled to Brazil; and

(c) if so, the reaction of the Government thereto?

Answer given by the minister


THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE (SHRI KANTILAL BHURIA)

(a).(b)&(c) : Information will be collected and laid one theTable of the House.