{"id":296557,"date":"2025-04-05T11:58:35","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T06:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=296557"},"modified":"2025-04-05T12:20:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T06:50:03","slug":"did-maharashtra-government-bring-malhar-certification-for-hindu-meat-traders-no","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/did-maharashtra-government-bring-malhar-certification-for-hindu-meat-traders-no\/","title":{"rendered":"Malhar certification, scheme mooted in Maharashtra to promote ‘jhatka meat’, is not a govt initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"

Malhar certification, a recently launched initiative in Maharashtra that aims to identify Jhatka (animal slaughter performed according to Hindu traditions) meat sellers and provide them with certificates, has stirred up a lot of discussion on and off social media<\/span>. Attending the launch of the Malhar certification website on March 10, Maharashtra fisheries minister Nitish Rane promoted it saying that the certification would help identify Hindu mutton shops, in which there would be no adulteration and only Hindus would be involved in the business.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rane also tweeted a picture of the website launch and appealed to shopkeepers to get this certification. He urged people not to buy mutton from shops which did not have the Malhar certification.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The difference between Halal and Jhatka meat is that in Halal, the animal’s throat is half slit following Islamic guidelines. And as the word \u2018jhatka\u2019 (sudden movement) indicates, it is a process of killing an animal by slitting its throat with a swift single blow, and is followed by Hindus.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since Maharashtra minister Nitesh Rane was present at the Malhar certification website launch, many media outlets reported it as an initiative of his along with the state government. Most media agencies and outlets did not mention the people and the organisation behind the certification in their reports, making it look like a government scheme in the eyes of news readers.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Hindu<\/a>, while reporting on the matter, described the Malhar certification as a move by the Maharashtra government to empower vendors from the Hindu community who were adhering to Hindu traditions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Similarly, <\/span>Asianet News<\/span><\/a> also presented the Malhar certification scheme as an initiative by the Maharashtra government and said that the government had introduced \u2018Malhar certification\u2019 for Hindu meat traders to ensure availability of pure meat.<\/span><\/p>\n

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NDTV<\/span><\/a> also reported this as an initiative of the Maharashtra government and added that under the scheme, certificates would be provided to Jhatka meat shops operated by Hindus.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Similarly, several media outlets reported that Malhar certification was an initiative of the Maharashtra government and did not provide any details, directly or indirectly. These included India Today, The Times of India, and others. News agency ANI also failed to provide any information about the background of the certification in its report, following which several media outlets ran the news from their syndicate feed, and called it a Maharashtra government move. Among those who did so was Asianet News, which described the Malhar certification as an initiative of the Maharashtra government.<\/span><\/p>\n