Why in News?

• Recently draft rules have been laid under Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Egg-laying Hens) Rules, 2019, after High court issued a directive regarding cruelty in poultry

Draft rules for better poultry farming practices:

• Poultry farms in the country have to have a minimum space of not less than 550 sq
• They cannot put more than 6-8 birds in a
• Antibiotics has to be used only for therapeutic purposes and that, too, under supervision by a
• The policy also bars feeding hens with the remains of dead chicks, thereby preventing diseases to the hens and also benefiting healthy commercial egg production in the
• Regular inspection of poultry farms by authorised personnel, who should follow proper bio-security
• No inspector will visit more than one farm within a period of 72 hours for bio-security concerns to prevent the spread of