Lok Sabha Question No. 447 (STARRED), answered on 2018-03-27
Subject: Rashtriya Gokul Mission
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: VINOD KUMAR SONKAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, DAIRYING AND FISHERIES LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No 447* TO BE ANSWERED ON 27 TH  MARCH, 2018

## RASHTRIYA GOKUL MISSION

## *447. SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR :

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि और ककसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) whether, village level Integrated Cattle Centres have been set up by the Government under the Rashtriya Gokul Mission;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, Statewise;
- (c)  the  number  of  centres  such  as  Gokul  Grams,  Bull  Mother  Farms,Gopalan  Sanghs  in  the Breeding  tracts,  Field  Performance  Recordings,  Breed  Selection  Programmes,  Distribution  of Disease  Free  Bulls,  etc.  set  up  and  the  details  of  the  programmes  relating  thereto  launched, programme and State-wise;
- (d)  the  number  of  farmers  given  incentive  for  rearing  of  high  breed  indigenous  cattle  so  far, State-wise; and
- (e) the number of farmers given Gopal Ratna and Kamdhenu Awards by the Government so far, State-wise  along  with  the  selection  procedure  adopted  by  the  Government  to  grant  the  said awards?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE& FARMERS WELWARE

(SHRI RADHA MOHAN SINGH)

(a) to (e):  A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF THE LOK SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  No.  447  RASHTRIYA  GOKUL  MISSION  TO  BE ANSWERED ON 27 TH  MARCH 2018.

- (a) & (b) Yes, Madam. Funds have been sanctioned under Rashtriya Gokul Mission for setting up of Gokul Grams as Integrated Cattle Development Centres. The details of the Gokul Grams being set up under the scheme is as under:
- (c) The State wise details of programmes/activities- Gokul Grams, Bull Mother Farms, Gopalan Sangh  in  the  breeding  Tract,  field  performance  recording,  pedigree  selection  programme, distribution of disease free bulls centres etc. sanctioned under Rashtriya Gokul Mission is given at Annexure-I .
- (d)  and  (e) Direct  cash  incentive  is  not  made  available  to  the  farmers  under  the  scheme. However, in order to reward Farmers and Institutions who are engaged in scientific management of recognized Indigenous cattle breeds National Gopal Ratna and National Kamdhenu Award have  been  instituted  under  Rahstriya  Gokul  Mission.  Department  of  Animal  Husbandry, Dairying,  and  Fisheries,  Ministry  of  Agriculture  and  Farmers  Welfare  Government  of  India bestowed 12 National Kamdhenu  and  10 National Gopal  Ratna  Awards   for  the first time in

| State             | No. and Locations of the Gokul Grams   | No. and Locations of the Gokul Grams   |
|-------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| State             | Nos. of Gokul Gram                     | Location                               |
| Andhra Pradesh    | 1                                      | Chadalwada, Parkassam                  |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1                                      | Lohit                                  |
| Bihar             | 1                                      | Dumraon Buxar                          |
| Chhattisgarh      | 2                                      | Bemetra and Dhamtari                   |
| Gujarat           | 3                                      | Dharampur, Surat and Banaskantha       |
| Haryana           | 1                                      | Hissar                                 |
| Karnataka         | 1                                      | Kurikuppe Bellary                      |
| Maharashtra       | 3                                      | Palghar,Pohra and Tathtawade           |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 1                                      | Ratona Sagar                           |
| Punjab            | 1                                      | Bir Dosanji Patiala                    |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 3                                      | Varanasi, Mathura & Shahjahanpur       |
| Uttarakhand       | 1                                      | Govardhanpura                          |
| Telangana         | 1                                      | Veterinary University Hyderabad        |
| TOTAL             | 20                                     |                                        |

2017-18 on the World Milk Day- 1 st of June 2017.  The State wise details of awards given during 2017 are as under:

|   S No | Name of State   |   No of Kamdhenu Awards |   No of Gopal Ratna Awards |
|--------|-----------------|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|      1 | Chhattisgarh    |                       1 |                          0 |
|      2 | Gujarat         |                       2 |                          2 |
|      3 | Haryana         |                       1 |                          2 |
|      4 | Karnataka       |                       0 |                          1 |
|      5 | Kerala          |                       1 |                          0 |
|      6 | Maharashtra     |                       1 |                          1 |
|      7 | Punjab          |                       2 |                          1 |
|      8 | Rajasthan       |                       0 |                          1 |
|      9 | Telengana       |                       1 |                          1 |
|     10 | Uttarakhand     |                       3 |                          1 |

The details of the procedure for selection of farmers for Gopal Ratna and  Kamdhenu Awards is given at Annexure-II .

Annexure-I Statement referred to part (c), of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 447 due for 27.03.2018:

| SN   | Name of State     | Gokul Grams   | Bull Mother Farms   | Gopalan Sangh/Breeder Society   | Field Performance Recording   | Pedigree Selection Programme#   | Distribution of disease free bulls   |
|------|-------------------|---------------|---------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh    | 1             | 1                   | 1                               | -                             | -                               | 65                                   |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh | 1             | -                   | -                               | 125                           | -                               | -                                    |
| 3    | Assam             | -             | 1                   | 14                              | 2500                          | -                               | 3                                    |
| 4    | Bihar             | 1             | -                   | -                               | -                             | -                               | -                                    |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh      | 2             | 1                   | -                               | -                             | -                               | 14                                   |
| 6    | Goa               | -             | -                   | -                               | -                             | -                               | -                                    |
| 7    | Gujarat           | 3             | 5                   | -                               | -                             | 3                               | 320                                  |
| 8    | Haryana           | 1             | 1                   | 2                               | 30000                         | 1                               | 62                                   |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh  | -             | -                   | -                               | -                             | -                               | 5                                    |
| 10   | Jammu & Kashmir   | -             | -                   | -                               | -                             | -                               | 14                                   |
| 11   | Jharkhand         | -             | 3                   | -                               | -                             | -                               | -                                    |
| 12   | Karnataka         | 1             | 3                   | -                               | -                             | -                               | 54                                   |
| 13   | Kerala            | -             | 4                   | -                               | 33750                         | -                               | 74                                   |
| 14   | Madhya Pradesh    | 1             | -                   | -                               | -                             | -                               | 181                                  |
| 15   | Maharashtra       | 3             | -                   | 10                              | -                             | 1                               | 113                                  |
| 16   | Manipur           | -             | -                   | -                               | -                             | -                               | -                                    |
| 17   | Meghalaya         | -             | -                   | -                               | -                             | -                               | -                                    |
| 18   | Mizoram           | -             | -                   | -                               | -                             | -                               | -                                    |
| 19   | Nagaland          | -             | -                   | -                               | -                             | -                               | -                                    |
| 20   | Odisha            | -             | -                   | -                               | 5000                          | -                               | 4                                    |
| 21   | Punjab            | 1             | 1                   | 2                               | 5000                          | 2                               | 10                                   |
| 22   | Rajasthan         | -             | -                   | -                               | -                             | 3                               | 34                                   |
| 23   | Sikkim            | -             | -                   | -                               | -                             | -                               | 0                                    |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu        | -             | 2                   | -                               | 2000                          | -                               | 132                                  |
| 25   | Telangana         | 1             | -                   | 3                               | 3000                          | -                               | 47                                   |
| 26   | Tripura           | -             | 15                  | -                               | 3000                          | -                               | -                                    |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh     | 3             | -                   | -                               | -                             | -                               | 143                                  |
| 28   | Uttarakhand       | 1             | 2                   | -                               | -                             | -                               | 59                                   |
| 29   | West Bengal       | -             | 2                   | -                               | -                             | -                               | 70                                   |
|      | Total             | 20            | 41                  | 32                              | 84375                         | 10                              | 1404                                 |

## Annexure-II

Statement referred to part (d) to (e) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 447 due for 27.03.2018

## The details of the procedure for selection of farmers for Gopal Ratna and for Kamdhenu Awards Eligibility

To be eligible for award farmer/breeder society/gaushala/institutional farm shall be maintaining herd of indigenous breed(s), practicing best management practices to enhance milk production and productivity of indigenous breeds and contributing significantly in promoting indigenous breed (s).

Farmers/breeder  society/gaushala/institutional  farm  maintaining  any  of  the  recognized  indigenous breeds out of 41 breed of cattle and 13 breeds of buffaloes shall be eligible to apply for award.

## Procedure

## 1. State nomination

The State Government shall identify best indigenous breed through milk yield competitions and calf rallies  at  district  and  State  level  under  the  Chairpersonship  of  District  Collector  and  Principal Secretary/Secretary  of  Animal  Husbandry  Department  respectively.  Such  District/  State  level awardees  will  also  be  eligible  for  nomination  in  addition  to  open  nomination  for  national  Gopal Ratna Awards.

## Procedure of Nomination:

For nomination to Kamdhenu Award to the best managed indigenous herd by Institutions/Trusts/ NGOs/ Gaushalas or Breeders' Societies, the State has to invite nominations as per the prescribed format provided by DADF.

Nomination of farmers to Gopal Ratna awards and Best managed indigenous Herd by institution/Trust/NGOs  /Gaushalas  or  Breeders  Society  for  Kamdhenu  award  in  the  prescribed format shall  be  sent  through  concerned  Gram  Panchayats  which  will  be  verified  physically  by  the State  Government  Veterinary  Officer  (VO)  of  the  jurisdiction.  Following  initial  verification  the Veterinary  Officer  will  submit  the  valid  nomination  to  the  District  Veterinary  Officer  (DVO)  for verification  and  counter  signature.  In  turn  the  DVO  will  submit  the  verified  application  to  the Member Secretary of the State Nomination Committee.

## State Nomination Committee:

Each State shall constitute a nomination committee with the following composition for recommending to National Awards:

- (i) Principal Secretary/Secretary, Deptt of Animal Husbandry of the State- Chairperson
- (ii)  Director Animal Husbandry-Member
- (iii)Managing Director Milk Federation- Member
- (iv)  Representative of the State Veterinary University/college- Member
- (v)  Representative of ICAR institute (CIRB, CIRC, NBAGR and NDRI)- Member

(vi)Representative of DADF-CCBF/CHRS- Member

(vii)Chief Executive Officer of LDB- Member Secretary

## 2. National Awards:

The above nomination committee shall evaluate the recommendations  submitted by all the DVOs of the State and assign the score as per the score card prescribed by DADF for Gopal Ratna Award &Kamdhenu Award and prepare the final list of best three nominees for submission to DADF GoI. The  DADF after  having  compiled  the  information  of  all  the  State  nominees  for  National  Gopal Ratna and Kamdhenu awards will place it before the National Selection Committee to adjudge Gopal Ratna and Kamdhenu awards.

## National Award Committee:

The National Committee consist of the following members for adjudging both National Gopal Ratna and Kamdhenu awards:

- (i) Secretary, ADF- Chairperson
- (ii) Animal Husbandry Commissioner- Member
- (iii) JS (C&DD) - Member
- (iv) DDG (AS)-Member
- (v) Director Cattle/AC (Cattle)- Member Secretary

The above award committee constituted two members Committee for five regions namely 1. North 2. West 3. South 4. East 5. Hill and North East regions and the committee evaluated the details of the State nominees in both the categories in above 5 regions and assign the score as per the score card for Gopal Ratna Award and Kamdhenu Award and prepare the final list of best three nominees for submission to DADF GoI and placed it before the National Selection Committee to adjudge Gopal Ratna and Kamdhenu awards. The decision of the award committee for the awards will be final and is binding to all the States and nominees.