Shame on India for being the world’s largest exporter of beef – Seema Burman

“The milk we produce today is the cheapest in the world. With enhanced production we could become the world’s largest exporter of milk and it could be India’s biggest foreign exchange earner. In 2003, the National Commission on Cattle … submitted its recommendations to the NDA government. The report called for stringent laws to protect the cow and its progeny in the interest of the rural economy…. ” – Seema Burman

On 1st September 2013 news in Times of India caught my eyes:

A mob on Friday set ablaze over three dozen vehicles and severely damaged over 40 other vehicles after a mini-truck was found parked on the Jaipur-Delhi highway at Malpura village, near Dharuhera, with an alleged cargo of a large quantity of beef.

How can we still be the largest exporter of beef? How can we justify being a spiritual country when we can’t stop cow slaughter for cow…