The Dhaka Times Desk There is a shocking news in the newspaper and that is that 1 crore 25 lakh Hindus eat beef in India!
Such a news surprised everyone especially during the recent beef controversy in India. Just a few days ago, a Muslim man was beaten to death in Uttar Pradesh on the rumor of eating beef, which started an uproar across India. After that there are various criticisms at all levels. Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself also spoke. Against that incident. He said, Hindus and Muslims should live together. No one can create hatred towards anyone's religion. After that controversy, a government agency released a study on how much beef a population in India eats.
It is said that 8 crore people of India eat beef or buffalo meat. Among them there are 1 crore 25 lakh Hindus.
According to the latest data of India's National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), 80 million people in India, i.e. one out of every 13 Indians eat beef or buffalo meat. This number is almost equal to the population of Germany. It includes people of all religions from all states of India. Muslims eat beef out of religious belief. So most of these 8 crore people are Muslims.
Livemint, a New Delhi-based newspaper, said that 63.4 million Muslims eat beef or buffalo meat. This number is 40 percent of the Muslim population in India. And 26.5 percent Christians and less than 2 percent Hindus eat cow or buffalo meat. So according to this calculation, 1 crore 25 lakh Hindus eat beef. Livemint newspaper is a publishing house of Hindustan Times.
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