UPSC Civil Services Model Paper 2

Diclofenac:
● The Centre banned it in 2006.
● Nepal and Pakistan also banned the drug in 2006. Thus, statement 1 is correct.
● It was administered to livestock as painkillers /anti-inflammatory drugs etc, not to vultures.
● When vulture fed on the carcasses of dead livestock, diclofenac entered their bodies and killed them. So, statement 2 is NOT correct.
● A replacement drug has been developed for diclofenac and proposed after tests on vultures in captivity : Meloxicam.
● Meloxicam affects cattle the same way as diclofenac but is harmless for vultures.