Gau Niti
Part - I: Instructions to Citizens
(01) Within 30 days of the publication of this law in the Gazette, every voter in the State shall get a Vote Vapsi Passbook. The following officers will come under the purview of this Vote Vapsi Passbook:
- Deputy S.P. - Cow Protection Cell Incharge
- Cow Welfare Minister
- Jury Administrator
Then if you are not satisfied with the work of any officer given above, and want to expel him from the job and bring any other person at the post, then you can go to the Patwari office and register your Yes as approval. You can also register your Yes through SMS, ATM or Mobile App. You can give your approval, or revoke your approval, at any day. The entry of your approval will come in the vote vapsi passbook. This approval is not your vote. Rather it is a suggestion.
(02) If your name is in the voter list then after the passage of this law you can be called for jury duty. The following cases will come under the purview of jury duty:
(2.1) All types of civil complaints related to Cow Protection Cell Incharge, Cow Welfare Minister, Jury Administrator and their staff. (2.2) All kinds of cases related to smuggling of cows, cow slaughter and other cases related to indigenous cows. (2.3) Complaints of violation of laws prohibiting adulteration of products of Jersey or other breeds of cows in indigenous cow products.
The jury board will be selected by lottery, considering the seriousness of the trial, the jury board can have 15 to 1500 members. If your name comes up in the lottery then you will have to hear the arguments after seeing the evidence presented by the accused, the victim, the witnesses and the lawyers of both the parties and decide the punishment / fine or release.
(03) If your name is in the voter list and you want any partial or complete change in any section of this Act, then submit an affidavit under Section (15.1) of Citizen's Voice Section of this Act in the Collectorate Office of your district. The collector will accept the affidavit by charging a fee of Rs. 20 per page, and will keep the affidavit scanned on the Chief Minister's website.
Part - II: Instructions to Officers and Citizens
[Comment 1: In this law, the word cow means the indigenous cows and its breed. In this law, Cow Protection Cell Incharge means that police officer of the district who is in charge of Cow Protection Cell. The Minister of Cow Welfare / Chief Minister will issue a notification within 180 days of the passing of this law, to execute the following points, which will be added to this law.]
(4) (4.1) The Chief Minister will appoint a Cow Welfare Minister. Cow Minister will formulate, manage and regulate policy for the protection of indigenous cow or Indian breed of cow in the state and to promote all products of indigenous cow, etc.
(4.2) The Chief Minister will establish a Cow Protection Cell in each district. The head of this cell will be a police officer of the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police or Assistant Superintendent of Police, who will be called Cow Protection Cell Incharge. Depending on the number of cases, a separate officer can be appointed for this in a district, or a deputy superintendent can be given additional charge. But if the cow protection officer has been appointed with the approval of the citizens, then he will only do the work of the cow cell.
(4.3) The Chief Minister shall appoint a District Jury Administrator in each district. The Jury Administrator will work for the formation and operation of Jury Boards for hearing complaints and cases related to the cows.
(05) Transport of Cows
(5.1) Only open vehicles or vehicles whose body is made of the net will be used to transport cows. ‘Cow transport vehicle’ will be written on these vehicles and only cows can be transported in these vehicles.
(5.2) There will be a ban on taking the cow lineage to any of the following states: 5.2.1. If cow slaughter is legal in a certain state 5.2.2. If there is no such law in such a state which bans cow transport in such states where cow slaughter is legal.
If any person is found carrying cow lineage in such states, then the Chief Minister can make a law to punish the accused with imprisonment of up to five years. (6) Establishment and operation of Gau Shalas:
(6.1) The Cow Welfare Minister will formulate a policy for the operation of Gau Shalas at the Tehsil level and ensure that the Gau Shalas are properly operated in each Tehsil. According to the need, gaushalas can be opened in every township of 10,000 to 30,000 population in cities and also at Panchayat level. Whoever donates to these Gaushalas will not get any tax exemption. Gau Shalas will buy old cows at a fixed price.
(6.2) The State Government will stop all the schemes run to fertilize Indian breed cows with Jersey bulls and encourage the insemination of Indian breed cows with improved indigenous breed bulls. If private companies or private individuals use Jersey bulls in the insemination of indigenous cows, then there will be no restriction on this. The government will invest capital to develop sperm-segmentation technology so that the yield of bulls can be reduced.
(6.3) The Chief Minister will issue notifications to take necessary steps to free the temples from the control of the State Government.
(07) The sale of cow leather will be banned. The dead cow will be buried or burnt. Manufacturers of shoes/bags etc. will be able to label their products as ‘Green’ Cow Slaughter Free, which would imply that the animal from which the leather came died a natural death and its meat was not used for consumption.
(8) Promotion and protection of cow products
(8.1) Dairy industries and milk vendors have to clearly mark on their milk box or bottle whether the milk in it is of indigenous cow or hybrid species. Milk sellers will be able to take certificate from the department for the purity of their breed of cows and small cattle breeders will be able to issue self-certificate of the purity of their breed of cows. The cow minister will approve these self declared certificates.
(8.2) If any seller marks his milk as desi cow's milk and more than 5% adulteration is found in it, he will be punished with fine or cancellation of license. In all cases related to indigenous cow products, adulteration etc. will be heard by the jury of citizens. The same rules would be applicable to other products of indigenous cow's milk like paneer, ghee, etc.
(09) Application and Qualifications for Officers:
(9.1) For Cow Protection Cell Incharge: If any Indian citizen above the age of 30 years who has not been the Chief of Police in any district for more than 2400 days in the preceding 3000 days, and who has served in the Army for more than 5 years, or has worked for a single day in a Police Department, or has worked as a Government servant for 10 years or has passed the written examination of administrative services conducted by the State Public Service Commission or the Union Public Service Commission, or he has won the election of MLA or MP or Councilor or member of Zila Panchayat, then such person can apply as a candidate of Cow Protection Cell Incharge.
(9.2) For Cow Welfare Minister: Any Indian citizen above the age of 30 years can apply to become the Cow Welfare Minister of the state.
(9.3) For Jury Administrator: Any citizen of India who is more than 32 years of age and has completed 5 years of LLB education, then he can apply for the post of District Jury Administrator.
(10) If any citizen holding qualification given in section (09) presents affidavit to the district collector himself or through an attorney, then the district collector will accept his application after collecting the amount equivalent to the deposit amount collected for the election of MP and will keep the affidavit scanned on the Chief Minister's website.
(11) Voter registering YES to support candidates
(11.1) Any citizen will be able to register Yes in approval of the candidates of the police chief, education officer, medical officer, district judge, and so on any day at Patwari office by showing his Vote Vapsi Passbook or voter's ID. Patwari will issue a receipt by registering Yes of the voter and will enter it in his computer and Vote Vapsi Passbook. Patwari will also put the approval along with the candidate's name and voter's voter identification number on a website. Voters can approve up to 5 candidates of their choice from any candidates for any post.
(11.2) The voter will have to pay Rs. 3 to register his approval. For BPL cardholder, the fee will be Re. 1.
(11.3) If a voter comes to cancel his approval, then Patwari will cancel one or more names without any fees.
(11.4) On the 5th of every month, the collector will publish the count of approvals received by each candidate, which was received until the last day of last month. Patwari will publish these counts for his area on every Monday. .l [Comment: Collectors can create such a system that voters can register their acceptance through SMS, ATM and mobile app.
Range Voting — The Prime Minister or the Chief Minister can create such a system that voters can score between -100 to 100 points to a candidate. If the voter only registers yes, it will be considered equal to 100. If the voter does not register his acceptance, it will be considered as zero. But if the voter gives points then only the marks given by him will be valid. This range voting process is superior to the acceptance system, and provides immunity from Arrow's Useless Impossibility Theorem.]
(12) Appointment and removal of Cow Welfare Minister and Cow Protection Cell Incharge
(12.1) Cow Protection Cell Incharge: If more than 35% of all the citizens registered in the voter list (all voters, not just who voted) of the district register Yes in favour of a candidate and if these approvals are also 1% more than those for the incumbent officer, then the Chief Minister may give to such a candidate the job of Cow Protection Cell Incharge for 4 years.
(12.2) Cow Welfare Minister: If more than 35% of all the citizens registered in the voter list (all voters, not just who voted) of the state register Yes in favour of a candidate and if these approvals are also 1% more than those for the incumbent minister, then the Chief Minister may give to such a candidate the job of Cow Welfare Minister.
(12.3) Jury Administrator: If more than 35% of all the citizens registered in the voter list (all voters, not just who voted) of the district register Yes in favour of a candidate and if these approvals are also 1% more than those for the incumbent jury administrator, then the Chief Minister may give to such a candidate the job of Jury Administrator.
(13) Constitution of District Grand Jury:
(13.1) Formation of the first Grand Jury Board: The District Jury Administrator shall, in a public meeting, elect 50 voters between the age of 25 and 50 years from the electoral roll of the district by lottery. After interviewing these members, the jury administrator can remove any 20 members. In this way 30 grand jury members will be left.
(13.2) Next Grand Jury Board: Out of the first grand jury board, the District Jury Administrator shall retire the first 10 grand jury members every 10 days. After the first month, the term of each member of the jury will be 3 months, so 10 members of the jury will retire every month, and 10 new ones will be elected. To select the new 10 members, the Jury Administrator will select 20 members from the district voter list by lottery and will shortlist any 10 of them by interview.
(13.3) The Grand Jury Board will work continuously. The Grand Jury members will meet on every Saturday and Sunday. The meeting should start before 11 am and will continue till 5 pm. The jury members will get Rs. 500 per attendance and travel expenses.
(14) Settlement of complaints and cases by Jury
[Note: The Chief Minister will publish in the Gazette the detailed procedures necessary for the formation and operation of the jury board, which will be included in this law. A voter other than the Chief Minister can also give an affidavit using section 15.1 of the same law to add such necessary procedures.]
(14.1) All cases referred to in section 02 shall be heard by a jury. The plaintiffs can complain about their case in writing to the members of the concerned District Grand Jury Board. If the members of the Grand Jury Board find the case to be baseless, the complaint can be dismissed. If the majority of the members of the Grand Jury Board believe that the complaint is absolutely baseless and fabricated, they can also impose a fine of Rs. 5000 per hour for the wastage of time in hearing the case.
(14.2) If the Grand Jury Board accepts the complaint, the Grand Jury Board will hear the matter. The Grand Jury Board can conduct the hearing itself, and if the number of cases is more, it can also constitute a separate Jury Board for the hearing. According to the complexity of the case and the status of the accused, the Grand Jury Board will decide how many members of the jury should be called between 15-1500. The Jury Administrator will then constitute a jury board, selecting the members by lottery from the voter list and handing over the case to them.
(14.3) Now this Jury Board will give its verdict after hearing both the sides, witnesses etc. Each jury member shall write his/her decision in a closed envelope to the trial administrator or judge. The decision adopted by two-thirds of the members shall be deemed to be the decision of the jury. But the approval of 75% of the members will be required to take the decision of dismissal from job and narco test. The judge or trial administrator will pronounce the jury's decision in front of everyone. If the judge wants to overturn the decision given by the jury, he can do so. There will be a separate jury board to hear each case, and the jury will be dissolved once the verdict is given. If the parties wish, they can appeal the decision to the High Jury Board or the High Court in accordance with the laws in force.
(15) Citizen's Voice
(15.1) If a voter wants any change in this law, he can submit an affidavit to the Collector Office. The District Collector will upload the affidavit by scanning on the Chief Minister's website along with voter ID number of the voter at the rate of Rs. 20 per page.
(15.2) If a voter wishes to register his approval on an affidavit submitted under section 15.1, he can register his YES / NO at Patwari office by paying a fee of Rs. 3. Patwari will register it and will put YES / NO of the voter with his voter id number on the Chief Minister's website.
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