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India's cow crisis: The full coverage

All that you need to know about what's wrong with India's cow laws and the problems they are leading to in a five-part series

DTE Staff

India's Cow Crisis Part 1: Nepal bears the brunt of India's cow vigilantism

Photo: Adithyan PCHounded by cow vigilantes and trade restrictions, farmers in Uttar Pradesh's border areas abandon their unproductive cattle in Nepalese villages creating havoc there. Click to read the story

India's Cow Crisis Part 2: Threat of decline looms over livestock economy after 35 years’ growth

Photo: Adithyan PCThe value output of the livestock economy is Rs 9.18 lakh crore, managed mostly by small and marginal farmers, who are now hit the hardest. Click here to read the full story

India's Cow Crisis Part 3: Brutal to kill India’s ancient Uber economy

Credit: Adithyan PCSunita Narain on cow-vigilantism, cattle trade and the collapse of the livestock economy of India. Read the full article here

India’s Cow Crisis Part 4: The stigma of Mewat

How this backward district in Haryana has borne the brunt of stringent cow-related laws. Click here to read the entire article

India’s Cow Crisis Part 5: Penalty for abandoning cattle final nail in coffin

The increasing trend of legal penalty for abandonment will backfire. Click here to read the last part of the series