Recently, which of the following states presented Cattle Preservation Bill 2021, to protect cattle by controlling their slaughter, consumption, and illicit trafficking?

The correct answer is Assam. Assam’s New Cattle Bill: No Sale or Purchase of Beef in Hindu, Sikh, Jain Areas & Within 5-km Radius of Temples Assam Chief Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, (12 July) presented Assam Cattle Preservation Bill 2021, which aims to protect cattle by controlling their slaughter, consumption, and illicit trafficking. The bill prohibits the sale and purchase of beef or beef products in places "predominantly inhabited by Hindu, Jain, Sikh, and other non-beef-eating populations" or "within a 5-kilometer radius" of any temple or sattra (Vaishnavite monasteries). Additional Information Assam Cattle Preservation Bill 2021: The Assam Cattle Preservation Bill, 2021, attempts to limit the "slaughter, eating, and illicit trafficking" of cattle, and this is a unique feature of the bill. The Assam Cattle Preservation Act, 1950, will be repealed if the bill passes. Sarma had previously stated that the act lacked sufficient legal measures to “regulate slaughter, consumption, and transit of cattle.” Many states with anti-slaughter laws do not prohibit the sale or purchase of beef and beef products in specified areas, as Assam wants. Assam's new proposal also makes no distinction between different sorts of cattle, applying to "bulls, bullocks, cows, heifers, calves, male and female buffaloes, and buffalo calves." Both Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh include only cow progeny under their anti-slaughter laws, but not buffaloes. The Assam Bill makes it illegal to transfer cattle between states or through Assam without valid documentation. Cattle slaughter is permitted in Assam only for cattle "beyond 14 years of age" or those "unfit for work," as defined by the 1950 Act, with a "fit-for-slaughter certificate" granted by a local veterinary officer following an examination. The new rule requires the same approval certificate for all livestock, but it also states that a cow, regardless of age, cannot be slaughtered. It states that no certificate shall be issued unless the Veterinary Officer is of the opinion that the cattle, not being a cow, is over fourteen years of age; or the cattle, not being a cow, heifer, or calf, has become permanently incapacitated from work or breeding due to accidental injury or deformity. Section 7 of the Bill, titled "Prohibition on transport of cattle," specifies that cattle's cannot be transported from Assam to states where cattle slaughter is not regulated by law or from one state to another "via" Assam without a valid authorization. Cattle cannot be transported within the state (inter-district) without proper documentation.