Overview

• Rajasthan issued the first comprehensive state guidelines enforcing the ABC Rules, 2023, with designated feeding points, humane capture protocols, tagging, CCTV, and monitoring committees.
• Municipal bodies in Rajasthan must submit compliance reports within 30 days, with recognised NGOs compensated at Rs 200 for capture/transport and Rs 1,450 per sterilisation with post‑operative care.
• Delhi is planning a large citywide programme modelled on Lucknow’s ABC system, upgrading 24 of 78 government veterinary hospitals as vaccination centres and considering empanelled private clinics.
• The Municipal Corporation of Delhi sub‑committee will inspect ABC centres in Masoodpur, Dwarka and Bijwasan to assess conditions and identify sites for new facilities.
• Bhopal has doubled daily sterilisations to about 60 but has yet to map feeding zones, while Panchkula has put a proposed ‘Puppy‑Free Zones’ pilot on hold for lack of supporting rules and court directions, and RWAs led by Vijay Goel have urged the Centre to amend or scrap the ABC Rules.