SunstarTV Bureau: The government plans to bring in a higher penalty and jail term for people perpetrating cruelty against animals and a draft bill to amend the existing law is likely to come up in the next Parliament session.
At present the laws are insufficient to justify the animal rights as perpetrators of such acts often get away unscathed as the penalty for the first time offender is just Rs 50 under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PCA) Act, 1960.
‘We are ready with the draft amendment bill. We are in the process of getting the Cabinet approval,’ Union Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Poultry Minister Parshottam Rupala said on Monday.
According to him, the ministry will take the Cabinet approval and place the draft bill in the next Parliament session. On Monday, the Union minister launched a portal of the Animal Welfare Board that will provide online approval to those engaged in animal welfare as well as those using animals in film shooting.
