2022 State and UT wise ban on cow slaughter

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1	State/Union Territory	Name	BAN (Yes/No/Partial)	Cow	Calf	Bull	Buffalo	Animal Transportation	Beef Transportation	Pocession	Other	Punishment	Law introduced in the year	Sources	Any changes in 2022 Yes/No	Comments
2	State	Andhra Pradesh (आंध्र प्रदेश)	Partial	Banned	Calf of both cow and she-buffalo are banned	Allowed	Allowed					Imprisonment up to six months; fine up to one thousand rupees.	1977	https://cjp.org.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/ANDHRA-PRADESH-PROHIBITION-OF-COW-SLAUGHTER-AND-ANIMAL-PRESERVATION-ACT-1977.pdf	No
4	State	Assam (असम)	Conditional, not allowed in Hindu, Jain temples 5km radius and other non-beef eating communities	Conditional	Conditional	Conditional	Allowed					Imprisonment up to six months; fine up to one thousand rupees.	1950	http://www.bareactslive.com/NER/NER176.HTM https://prsindia.org/files/bills_acts/acts_states/assam/2021/Act%20No.%2025%20of%202021%20Assam.pdf	Amendment made in 2021	Earlier cattle could be slaughtered with a certificate; now the slaughter of cow and calf is totally prohibited and banned. There are prohibitions on transportation of cattle for slaughter purposes in the new law.
5	State	Bihar (बिहार)	Partial	Banned	Banned	Allowed for bulls and bullocks above twenty five years of age	Allowed for she-buffaloes above twenty five years of age; or she-buffaloes which have become incapable of yielding milk	Banned				Imprisonment up to six months; fine up to one thousand rupees.	1955	http://www.bareactslive.com/BIH/bh615.htm	No
6	State	Chhattisgarh (छत्तीसगढ़)	Yes (complete)	Banned	Banned	Banned	Banned	Banned		Banned		Imprisonment up to seven years; fine up to fifty thousand rupees.	2004	http://www.bareactslive.com/Ch/cg156.htm#0	No
7	State	Goa (गोवा)	Partial	Banned	Banned	Allowed	Allowed			Banned for cow meat only		Imprisonment up to two years; fine up to one thousand rupees.	1978	https://www.indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/12115/1/the_goa%2c_daman_and_diu_prevention_of_cow_slaughter_act%2c_1978.pdf; http://www.bareactslive.com/GOA/GOA033.HTM#0	No
8	State	Gujarat (गुजरात)	Partial	Banned	Banned	Banned	Allowed	Banned for cow, calf of cow, bull and bullock; allowed for buffalo		Selling or buying meat of animals banned from slaughter is banned		For illegal slaughter: imprisonment up to seven years but not less than three years; fine up to fifty thousand rupees; For transportation and transaction: imprisonment up to three years; fine up to twenty five thousand rupees.	1954	http://www.bareactslive.com/Guj/guj012.htm#0	No
9	State	Haryana (हरियाणा)	Partial	Banned	Banned	Banned	Allowed	Allowed, unless the transportation is for the purpose of slaughter of cows		Sale of meat of cow, calf, bull and bullock is banned		Imprisonment up to five years; fine up to five thousand rupees	1955 2015	http://www.bareactslive.com/HRY/HL545.HTM http://pashudhanharyana.gov.in/sites/default/files/documents/The_Haryana_Gauvansh_Sanrakshan_and_gausamvardhan_act_2015_-_Eng.PDF	No
10	State	Himachal Pradesh (हिमाचल प्रदेश)	Partial	Banned	Banned	Banned	Allowed	Banned for cow, calf, bull and bullock; allowed for buffalo		Sale of meat of cow, calf, bull and bullock is banned		Imprisonment up to five years; fine up to twenty five thousand rupees	1979	http://www.bareactslive.com/HP/hp234.htm#0	No
11	State	Jharkhand (झारखंड)	Partial	Banned	Banned	Banned	Allowed	Banned for cow, calf, bull and bullock; allowed for buffalo		Sale of meat of cow, calf, bull and bullock is banned		Imprisonment up to ten years and not less than one year; fine up to ten thousand rupees	2005	http://www.bareactslive.com/JH/jhr319.htm#0	No
12	State	Karnataka (कर्नाटक)	Partial	Banned	Banned including that of she-buffalo	Banned	Allowed	Banned for cow, calf, male cow; banned for others if the transportation is not according to the provisions of law	Cow, calf and male cow cannot be sold, purchased or disposed of for slaughter purposes	No provision		Imprisonment up to six months; fine up to one thousand rupees.	1964	http://www.bareactslive.com/KAR/kar131.htm#0 https://prsindia.org/files/bills_acts/acts_states/karnataka/2021/Act%201%20of%202021%20Karnataka.pdf	Yes, Amendment made in 2021	There are more stringent penalties for violation of the Act; powers for search and seizure of any premises including a vessel or vehicle; slaughter of cattle, which was partially allowed before, has been completely banned
14	State	Madhya Pradesh (मध्य प्रदेश)	Partial	Banned	Banned including that of she-buffalo	Allowed	Allowed	Banned for cow, calf including the calf of she-buffalo	Cow, calf of both cow and she-buffalo cannot be sold, purchased or disposed of for slaughter purposes	Banned for cow, calf of both cow and she-buffalo		For slaughter: imprisonment up to three years; fine up to one thousand rupees; For transportation, possession etc.: imprisonment up to one year; fine up to one thousand rupees	1959	http://www.bareactslive.com/MP/MP044.HTM	No
15	State	Maharashtra (महाराष्ट्र)	Partial	Banned	Banned for calf of a cow; not banned for calf of a buffalo	Banned	Male buffaloes (bullocks) are banned; female buffaloes are not banned	Cows, bulls and bullocks are banned from being transported for the purposes of slaughter	Meat of cows, bulls and bullocks are banned from transportation	Meat of cows, bulls and bullocks are banned from being possessed.		Imprisonment up to five years; fine up to ten thousand rupees. For possession, imprisonment up to one year; fine up to two thousand rupees.	Act came into force in 1976; amendment passed in 1995 came into force in 2015.	http://bwcindia.org/Web/Info&Action/Legislation/MaharashtraAnimalPreservationAct1976(AmendedMarch2015).pdf	No
20	State	Odisha (उड़ीसा)	Partial	Banned	Banned for calf of a cow; not banned for calf of a buffalo	Allowed	Allowed	No provision	No provision	No provision		Imprisonment up to two years; fine up to one thousand rupees	1960	http://www.bareactslive.com/Ori/OR666.HTM	No
21	State	Punjab (पंजाब)	Partial	Banned	Banned	Banned	Allowed	Banned for cow, calf, bull and bullock		Meat of cow, calf, bull and bullock is banned from being sold, purchased or disposed of		Imprisonment up to two years; fine up to one thousand rupees	1955	http://www.bareactslive.com/Pun/pu516.htm#0	No
22	State	Rajasthan (राजस्थान)	Partial	Banned	Banned	Banned	Allowed	Banned for cow, calf, bull and bullock	Banned for cow, calf, bull and bullock	Banned for cow, calf, bull and bullock		For slaughter: Imprisonment up to ten years and not less than one year; fine up to ten thousand rupees; For transportation, possession etc: imprisonment up to five years and not less than six months; fine up to five thousand rupees	1995	http://www.bareactslive.com/Raj/rj053.htm	No
23	State	Sikkim (सिक्किम)	Partial	Banned	Banned	Allowed	Allowed					Imprisonment up to five years and not less than two years; fine not less than ten thousand rupees	2017	http://bareactslive.com/SIK/sik071.htm	No
25	State	Telangana (तेलंगाना)	Partial	Banned	Banned, including the calf of a she-buffalo	Allowed	Allowed	Allowed	Allowed	Allowed		Imprisonment up to six months; fine up to one thousand rupees	1977	http://www.bareactslive.com/TEL/tel249.htm#0	No
27	State	Uttar Pradesh (उत्तर प्रदेश)	Partial	Banned	Banned	Allowed	Allowed	Allowed but greatly restricted	Banned for meat of cow and calf	Banned for meat of cow and calf		Imprisonment up to ten years and not less than three years; fine up to five lakh rupees and not less than three lakh rupees	1955	http://www.bareactslive.com/ALL/up536.htm	No
28	State	Uttarakhand (उत्तराखंड)	Partial	Banned	Banned	Banned	Allowed	Allowed but greatly restricted	Banned for meat of cow, calf, bull and bullock	Banned for meat of cow, calf, bull and bullock		Imprisonment up to ten years and not less than three years; fine up to ten thousand rupees and not less than five thousand rupees	2007	http://www.bareactslive.com/UTR/utr092.htm	No
30	Union Territory	Andaman and Nicobar (अंडमान और निकोबार)	Partial	Banned	Banned	Allowed	Allowed	Allowed	Banned for meat of cow and calf	Sale of meat of cow and calf banned		Imprisonment up to two years; fine up to one thousand rupees	1967	pg 529 https://legislative.gov.in/sites/default/files/legislative_references/REGULATIONS%201960-1968_0.pdf	No
31	Union Territory	Chandigarh (चंडीगढ़)	Partial (Same as for Punjab and Haryana)
32	Union Territory	Dadra Nagar Haveli (दादरा और नागर हवेली )	Same as Daman and Diu
33	Union Territory	Daman and Diu (दमन और दीव )	Partial	Banned	Banned	Allowed	Allowed			Sale of meat of cow and calf banned		Imprisonment up to two years; fine up to one thousand rupees	1978	https://www.indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/6804/1/the_goa%2c_daman_%26amp%3b_diu_prevention_of_cow_slaughter_act%2c_1978.pdf#search=cow	Yes, amendment made in 2022	Slaughter of cattle has been banned totally, which was earlier prohibited subject to some exceptions; penalties have been made more stringent as the period of imprisonment has been increased from 2 years to 10 years, and the fine has been increased from one thousand rupess to five lakh rupees.
34	Union Territory	Delhi (दिल्ली)	Partial	Banned	Banned	Banned	Allowed	Banned		Banned		For slaughter and transportation for slaughter: imprisonment up to five years; fine up to ten thousand rupees; For possession of meat: imprisonment up to one year; fine up to two thousand rupees	1994	http://www.bareactslive.com/Del/dl199.htm#0	No
35	Union Territory	Jammu and Kashmir (जम्मू और कश्मीर)*	No law; One enforced earlier got repealed after Article 370 was abrogated
36	Union Territory	Lakshadweep (लक्षद्वीप)	Partial	Banned	Banned	Banned	Allowed	Banned for cow, calf, bull and bullock	Banned for meat of cow, calf, bull and bullock	Banned for meat of cow, calf, bull and bullock		For slaughter: imprisonment for life and not less than ten years; fine up to five lakh rupees and not less than one lakh rupees; for transportation of animals or beef, or for sale, purchase or possession of beef: imprisonment up to ten years and not less than seven years; fine up to five lakh rupees and not less than one lakh rupees	2021	https://cdn.s3waas.gov.in/s358238e9ae2dd305d79c2ebc8c1883422/uploads/2021/02/2021022547.pdf	No
37	Union Territory	Ladakh (लद्दाख)*	No law; One enforced earlier got repealed after Article 370 was abrogated
38	Union Territory	Puducherry (पुडुचेरी)	Partial	Banned	Banned	Allowed	Allowed		Banned for meat of cow and calf	Banned for meat of cow and calf		Imprisonment up to two years; fine up to one thousand rupees	1968	https://www.indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/6529/1/the_puducherry_prevention_of_cow_slaughter_act%2C_1968.pdf	No
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