The tourism industry in Goa incurs losses due to bans on cow slaughter, as well as sale and eating beef introduced in many states of India, including neighboring Karnataka and Maharashtra. Exactly from where traditionally meat was delivered to restaurants and hotels of this resort region.
President of the Goa Qureshi Meat Traders Association, Manna Bepari said that "now the delivery of beef from these states is fraught with such risks that none of the industry players are willing to deal with it, fearing punitive measures from militant Hindus.’’
In Goa, there is no beefnproduction, and following strict bans in Maharashtra buyers can source the meat only in slaughterhouses in Belagavi in Karnataka. However, the so-called cow defender groups rage on the roads. When the Hindu nationalist party, Bharatiya Janata Party, gained power in 2014, they began to tighten “cow legislation,” introducing laws that vary from state to state.
In some states slaughter of cows, trade in beef, and even transportation of these animals for slaughter through the state is strictly prohibited, in others only slaughter and trade in beef is prohibited, and there are states where everything is permitted - slaughter and trade in meat of the sacred animals. For example, in Maharashtra, where a complete legislative ban on the consumption and sale of beef was introduced on March 3, 2015, its violation is punishable by imprisonment of up to five years or a fine of 10 thousand rupees ($ 150). In Haryana, the maximum term of imprisonment for violating this taboo is 10 years.
It is noteworthy that India is the world's second largest exporter and fifth consumer of beef. Under these conditions, a black market for these livestock products has developed in the country, there are even underground slaughterhouses. Muslims, Christians, and even not very religious Indians like to eat "forbidden meat" - they are representatives of a well-educated, prosperous stratum who either studied in the West, or prefers to adhere to a Western lifestyle and love steaks.
The number of beef lovers is especially high in the south, which is ethnically very different from other regions, including Goa, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, where mass protests are regularly held with demonstrative eating of meat dishes.
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