Rajasthan issued the first detailed State framework on stray dog management to ensure compliance with which set of rules?

The Department of Local Self Government in Rajasthan issued instructions to civic bodies to ensure compliance specifically with the Animal Birth Control (ABC) Rules, 2023. The brief states that Rajasthan became the first State to issue a detailed framework after a Supreme Court directive, and these instructions referenced the ABC Rules (2023) as the operative regulatory standard. The ABC Rules are the designated legal framework for humane population control measures (sterilisation/vaccination) and related protocols, which the State’s guidelines implement through concrete measures like establishing sterilisation/vaccination centres and defining capture-treatment-release procedures.