A RTI response has revealed that between 2014 and 2017, the Narendra Modi government has provided approximately Rs 68 crore as subsidy to states to run slaughterhouses.

The query in this regard was made by Iqbal Ansari, a local Janata Dal United leader from Darbhanga, on May 17.

The Ministry for Food Processing Industries replied that the government ran a scheme for the establishment and modernization of slaughterhouses, under which subsidy was provided. The maximum amount that could be provided as subsidy under the scheme was Rs 15 crore.

It's worth noting that the Narendra Modi government provided the maximum subsidies to states where there's a BJP government, or a government that's running with the support of the BJP.

SUBSIDY PROVIDED 2014-15:

Andhra Pradesh 4.5 crore

Himachal Pradesh 3 crore

Karnataka 1.02 crore

Nagaland 1.10 crore

Punjab 0.33 crore

Sikkim 0.19 crore

Tamil Nadu 0.15 crore

SUBSIDY PROVIDED 2015-16:

Andhra Pradesh 6 crore

Goa 1.85 crore

Jharkhand 2.59 crore

Karnataka 0.17 crore

Kerala 5.86 crore

Nagaland 4.82 crore

Pondicherry 0.24 crore

Punjab 0.79 crore

Sikkim 1.33 crore

Telangana 2.71 crore

West Bengal 1.04 crore

SUBSIDY PROVIDED 2016-17:

Andhra Pradesh 3 crore

Chhattisgarh 0.83 crore

Goa 3.70 crore

Haryana 0.89 crore

Jharkhand 3.45 crore

Kerala 4.18 crore

Mizoram 3.85 crore

Nagaland 8.92 crore

Tamil Nadu 1.33 crore

West Bengal 0.78 crore

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