Summary Description
- Improves enforcement of existing laws regulating factory farming.
- TopicThe topic of the legislation or policy covered by the text
- AgricultureAnimal welfare
- SpeciesThe animal, or type of food production, covered by the text
- Farmed animals
- JurisdictionCountry or geographical area where the text applies
- India
- Sub-jurisdictionCountry or state where the text applies
- N/A
- Type of ActWhether the act is a law, regulation, or policy, or another type of text
- Legislative Proposal
- StatusIndicates whether the act is in force or not
- Bill proposal
- Legal ValueWhether the text is binding or not
- N/A
- Date enactedDate the text was adopted
- N/A
- Date updatedDate when the entry was last updated by the CALF team
- June, 2023
- Official citation
- Bill No. VI of 2020, The Animal Factory Farming (Regulation) Bill, 2020 (India)
Strengths & Weaknesses
- Strengths
- Regulates factory farming through the creation of a Board which oversees to factory farming activities and ensure compliance with existing laws.
- Weaknesses
- Focuses on enforcing existing laws but does not touch on the substance of these laws, which provide lax standards, including in the field of animal welfare.