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Survey finds 7 of 10 Indians non-vegetarians but numbers are declining

Hindustan Times | By, New Delhi
Jun 08, 2016 08:56 AM IST

Nearly seven out of 10 Indians are non-vegetarians but their proportion might be on the decline, a 2014 survey conducted by the Registrar General of India (RGI) released on Tuesday said.

Nearly seven out of 10 Indians are non-vegetarians but their proportion might be on the decline, a 2014 survey conducted by the Registrar General of India (RGI) released on Tuesday said.

These are the top 5 vegetarian states.
These are the top 5 vegetarian states.

The survey indicated that the percentage of males above the age of 15 who ate meat, fish or eggs was 71.6%. The corresponding proportion of females was marginally lower at 70.7%.

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The RGI had carried out the nationwide Sample Registration System survey in 2014. The last such survey, which was conducted in 2004, had put the proportion of non-vegetarians at about 75%.

The data released on Tuesday indicated that the percentage of non-vegetarians was consistently higher in rural areas. The survey revealed that 72.9% men aged 30 and above in rural areas were non-vegetarian as compared to 69.8% in urban areas.

The survey findings come against the backdrop of the growing vegetarian vigilantism that is alleged to have the backing of the ruling BJP-led alliance.

Last year, the HRD ministry landed in a controversy when it circulated a letter to all IITs, which it had received from a Madhya Pradesh resident, asking for separate canteens for vegetarian students claiming that non-vegetarian food had an adverse impact on people.

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