Cow’s Role in Economy
- 70% of our people depend on agriculture. 98% of them depend on cattle based agriculture.
- India produces more milk than all other countries.
- Goods carried by ox carts is 4 to 5 times as much as by trains. This saves considerable foreign exchange. E.g., Transportation worth Rs. 50,000 crore was done by ox carts in 2005.
- By expanding cow based industry, cow would have a defining stature in our economy. Sadly its already important position is not accepted by our people.