# New cattle trade rules may slaughter a ₹2,000-cr industry - The HinduBusinessLine

> India's new rules restricting cattle sales in marketplaces for slaughter threaten the supply of animal bones used for bone meal and gelatin, a roughly Rs 2,000-crore industry. Producers warn that the rules will cut bone supply and burden farmers with unproductive animals.

- Date: 2017-06-01 · published 2017-06-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region India · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70619-new-cattle-trade-rules-may-slaughter-a-2-000-cr-industry-the-hindubusinessline
- Commodities: [Meat & Bone Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MBM.md)

## Why it matters

Reduced bovine bone supply would tighten meat and bone meal output in India, a policy-driven shift that could lift local meal prices, though its global price effect is limited.

## Read by commodity

- MBM: bullish ▲

## Sources

- thehindubusinessline.com: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/policy/new-cattle-trade-rules-may-slaughter-a-2000cr-industry/article9717921.ece

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