There are thousands of languages – Our Nation
has hundreds of languages with Hindi in Devanagari script being the
principal official language. Indian languages belong to several
linguistic families – Dravidian being an important one. The
Dravidian family includes 85 languages approx and is spoken by millions of
people, predominantly in Southern India and parts of Sri
Lanka and
some other countries. Tamil, Telegu, Malayalam, Kannada are the prominent
ones. The antiquity of the language is studied through epigraphs which is
study of inscriptions on stones and on others forms dating back to centuries. .. .. .. and there can be language problem in not
understanding !!
Most
references to it are derogatory – the animals are often remarked to be slow and
non-caring;’ non-responsive whether it hot Sun or raining heavily – they also say ‘it does not wander from the
marsh where it was born’ … in Olden days, when students were faring poorly, the
parents would derisively say ‘fit only for rearing them’ !! – The color is jet
black. Rarely white markings on face and leg extremities may be there, but are
not preferred. It has short, characteristic tightly curled horns, turning
backward and upward and finally spirally curving inward. Eyes are black, active
and prominent in females; Udders are fully developed, drooping with equally
distributed teats over the udder. Teats are long, and places uniformly wide
apart but hind teats are longer than fore teats. .. … in Triplicane, as you come out early
morning, you are sure to find cattle ~ cows and buffaloes roaming on the
street. The buffaloes are considered
lazy and carefree animals…….they occupy the centre of the road and do not care
to move … the buffalo that we see on road is commonly known as ‘water buffalo’
- (Bubalusbubalis) suitable for tilling rice fields, and their milk is richer
in fat and protein than of the dairy cow.
A
few days back - Telangana Chief Minister said the government will soon launch a
comprehensive scheme for the development of dairy sector in the state to bring
in a ‘KsheeraViplavam’ (Milk Revolution). The chief minister announced that the
government through dairy development societies would provide 50 per cent
subsidy for buying a buffalo by the farmer and the subsidy would be 75 per cent
if the dairy farmers happen to be from the SC/ST community. In return, the CM
has asked for a favour that every farmer in his household should plant six
saplings and name each sapling after one of their family members and take care
of the plants by watering it regularly, said a release.
The
neighbouring Andhra Pradesh too has similar plans of supporting and increasing
teh cattle population. The state government
introduced rules to purchase buffaloes from other states for increasing the
number of buffaloes in the state under government aid scheme. .. .. but this has created a rather piquant
situation ~ the language problem.
Following
the decision, a number of beneficiaries brought buffaloes from Haryana and
Tamil Nadu. But most of these imported buffaloes were not giving milk, said
Pithapuram MLA S V S N Varma Raising the topic in the AP Assembly. The MLA said that beneficiaries were ready to
corner the MLAs if the government does not change the rules for purchasing
buffaloes within the state. The MLA also
made interesting comments raising the topic during the Question Hour. Much to
the amusement of the House, he said that the buffaloes
which are being imported from Tamil Nadu and Haryana do not understand the
language of Telugu people and are not giving milk.
The
buffaloes are being transported from other states on trucks packed like
sardines, he said, and added that was also one of the reasons for their falling
sick, if not injured. Women generate
income from dairy products, he said, and
added that the rules framed by the state government turned a big problem to
them. He requested the government to make necessary changes facilitating purchase
of buffaloes from the 13 districts of Andhra Pradesh. Labour minister
Atchannaidu said that the rules were
framed to improve the strength of buffaloes in the state. However, he assured
them that the government would pursue the issue.
In
another interesting news, nearly 2.5
lakh cattle, out of around 90 lakh in Madhya Pradesh, have been stamped with
unique identities, similar to the 12-digit Aadhaar number, to enhance their
safety as well as increase milk production, officials said. The ears of these
bovines are being tagged with UID numbers as part of an ambitious scheme of the
National Dairy Development Board (NDDB).
An official said that cows and buffaloes are being tagged in this manner
to create a nationwide recording mechanism called the Information Network for
Animal Productivity and Health (INAPH). The
plan, it is stated, was to complete the tagging of all the 90 lakh cattle in MP
in the second phase.
"A
cattle dossier, comprising the animal's age, breed and other characteristics,
will be created which would be uploaded onto the INAPH's Information Technology
Application so that each cow or buffalo's unique identity is available on
gadgets," the official explained. The
cattle UID would then be linked to the Aadhaar number of its owner which in
turn would check the illegal sale and purchase, smuggling and abandoning of
cattle, he added.
With
regards – S. Sampathkumar
28th
Mar 2018.
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