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LOVE4COW

ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005


Love 4 Cow Trust is a registered public charitable trust incorporated on 14th August, 2001 at New Delhi

The Trust is registered with the Department of Income Tax- New Delhi under Section 12A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 Vide No. DIT (E)/ 2001-02/L-419/2001/445 Dated 3/10/2001 and exempted under Section 80G of the Income Tax Act, 1961 Vide No. DIT (E)/ 2002-03/L-419/2001/55 dated 24/04/03 Valid up to 31st March, 2006.

Love 4 Cow Trust is also registered with the Animal Welfare Board of India Vide Recognition Code No. ND032/2002 dated 6/3/02. The registration has also been accepted by the Delhi State Board for Animal Welfare.

The Purpose
To provide free veterinary care to sick and stray cows; improve indigenous breed of
the Indian cow; promote scientific and economic virtues of the Indian cow; re-activate
the Integrated Cycle of cow for sustainable Agriculture, Health & Nutrition; support poverty alleviation and self employment programme for Rural Development

Activities 2004-2005
The Trust, in the past four years, has carved out a special place for itself in promoting the scientific temperament and economic viability of the Indian cow. The future challenges will be on the front of scarcity of water for irrigation, in-compatibility of the chemical fertilizers and pesticides for the growing demand of the organic food and the gap in the growing demand and availability of the energy. It will be the cow and cow alone which will provide solutions to these problems by way of drought mitigation, gobar kheti and bio energy. The country with its huge population of govansh can easily cope up with the demands in the rural areas. The economic reforms which are intended to bring prosperity to the nation will need to be supplemented through decentralized rural development schemes for health & nutrition, poverty alleviation, self employment and improved means of livelihood by resorting to gopalan in a big way and making it as the Central theme for rural poor.

Free Veterinary Care
The Trust continued to provide free veterinary care to the sick and stray cows (Govansh) in Delhi, Noida, and around. The service is managed through the Helpline Mobile No.9818434399. There are four Veterinarians on panel; two Para-veterinarians, two Para-helpers and a Driver on regular employment. The Trust has also been donated an ambulance fitted with hydraulic system for carrying sick and stray cows by the Jai Prakash Group of Industries. This is the first of its kind ambulance in Delhi. The Helpline has been well received in public and the Trust is getting full public support and cooperation. The Trust provided free veterinary care to 1911 cows during the year 2004-05. The care included the accident cases and the deliveries. The Animal Welfare Board of India also provided a grant of Rupees Twenty Five Thousand for the year 2004-05.

The Cow Journal
At present, there is no journal dedicating itself to the economic and scientific virtues of cow. The Trust had launched the quarterly economic and scientific journal titled "The Indian Cow" from June-September,2004 and then brought out the October-December, 2004 and January-March, 2005 issues. The Journal is registered with National Institute of Science, Communication and Information Resources (NISCAIR); ISSN: 0972-9585. The Journal is also registered with the Registrar of News Paper of India (RNI) vide regn. No. DELBILO 5815/29/1/2004-TC. The journal provides a platform to the Panch Gavya professionals, scientists and researchers to bring out research activities at one place. This will provide documentation to the research and development in the field at one place. The journal has received very good response and has been widely appreciated.

Panch Gavya Professionals Club (PGPC)
The Trust has also formed an informal body of Panch Gavya Professionals with the objective to document the scientific and traditional knowledge and encourage research and development in the area. The Panch Gavya Professionals Club is also receiving good response from the scientific community and has already reached the membership of Seventy Five.

Indigenous Breed Improvement
The cow has been virtually out of economy for quite some time. The modern day dairy concept has put the cow out of place. Similarly, the modern day farming based on machinery and chemical fertilizers/pesticides has threatened the utility of cow in the agriculture. The situation has been further aggravated by the cross bred programme leading to the deterioration of the indigenous breed. Fortunately, the sliver lining has not been lost and already there is a realization to bring back the cow for sustainable agriculture and house hold support for the health and nutrition of the nucleus family. The Trust has, therefore, taken upon itself a very ambitious programme of improving the milching capacity and quality of the indigenous breed. The programme was launched in August,2004. Five Goshalas have been adopted by the Trust; three in Delhi (Kishan Ganj, Bawana and East of Kailash) on each in Uttar Pradaesh (NOIDA) and Haryana (Surajkund). The Sahiwal breed has been adopted under the programme. The Trust is also providing breed improvement services to private dairies and individual Go Palaks. The first delivery of the male calf has taken place on 22nd May, 2005 under the programme. Besides breed improvement, the Trust also provides veterinary services, advice on rearing of cows and feed & fodder to the Goshalas which are the partners of the Trust. For the year 2005-06, the other Indian breeds namely Tharparker and Gir will be introduced under the breed improvement programme. The programme is now picking up.
The Documentary
The Trust has also produced a 28-Minutes documentary titled "Godhan Se Akshya Vikas" highlighting the relevance of the Indian Cow for our day to-day living and its contribution to a sustainable life and environment.

Pavitra
The cow urine is a disinfectant and a natural mosquito / insecticide repellant. Because of the presence of urea, it also helps in cleaning the floors. The Indian society also treats the cow urine as a sacred purifier. The Trust is therefore contemplating to market cow urine under the brand name of Pavitra as a replacement for phenyl which is harmful. The activity will provide direct support to the Goshalas and will maintain serenity at home.

The Bankers Chartered Accountants
State Bank of Patiala
Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi-110 001.

Agrawal Anil & Co.,
Kalkaji, New Delhi-110 019

Sd/-
(Board of Trustees, Love 4 Cow Trust)