How did the use of cows change in Indian culture over time? Is the value of cattle still important in modern times?
07.06.2025 17:07

The Shri Narendra Modi led Government sought to do Sex selection amongst the Bovines, and only the Female calves were selected for being born as a result of this. Which has resulted in the increased milk production.
Only some of the Male Bullocks are being retained and allowed to survive by their owners and the Best ones will be chosen for the Sperm Donation programmes and for Artificial Insemination of the cows.
After the Tractors and Tiller Machines were imported into India, they became very popular and the successive Governments gave funds for purchasing the Modern Agricultural implements and we have lots of Tractors and Tilling machines, so much so, that we can hardly get to see any of the Bullocks these days.
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These Foreign Cows gave us so much of Milk and Dairy products, that India launched the “Operation Flood” scheme and Milk was later on being transported in Milk Tankers to the various States of India since they were high yielding animals.
After The Portuguese, The Dutch, The French and The British came to India, the Foreign breeds of cattle were imported into India, like the Denmark, Holstein and Jersey Cows, etc and they were yielding lots of litres of milk in stark comparison with the Indian breed cows. So they were preferred over the Indian breeds of cattle.
The Bulls were used for Ploughing the agricultural farm lands and they were also being used for pulling the Bullock carts, to draw water from the wells, to crush the grains and oil seeds - Which can still be seen in some remote parts of India, and it was widespread in the past.
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In the past India, the Kine wealth was considered to be a form of Goddess Sri Lakshmi and the Cows were a symbol of Wealth and prosperity.
In the Historic and Distant past, in India, the Ancestors of the Hindus were very much Devoted to the Cows, Calves and Bulls, since they were extremely God fearing, and they would worship Lord Sri Krishna and Lord Shiva with utmost faith and sincerity. Hence the Bovines were worshipped and revered to a large extent and we had lots of Desi cows in the past.
Modern India has drifted away from the Traditional Indian Hindu values and ethos, and we have started to become like the Foreign countries, since India is one of the Largest exporters of Beef to the rest of the World, and the mythical “Holy Cow” coined by the Foreigners is no longer applicable, and we have only a few of the God fearing Hindus, a few Goushalas and Go Rakshaks or Cow vigilantes, that still care and nurture the Bovines in their unfavourable days of existence.
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The rest of them, will be sent to the Slaughterhouses and the unproductive and old cows will also meet with the same fate, since they will no longer give milk after their prime reproductive age.