There is no permission required to open a cow centre in india and even u can start it from with in u r house premises. But please make sure that what is the purpose of u r cow shelter...... u want to provide only shelter and feeding to the cows like preserving and protecting them or u want to do for commercial purpose like selling the cow milk.Want to open cow shelter . So what is the procedure of it. Also can I open it in our residential area. Is it permissible?