Lok Sabha Question No. 3261 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-06
Subject: Protection of Indigenous Breeds of Cows
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: DEVJI MANSINGRAM PATEL, DEVUSINH JESINGBHAI CHAUHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, DAIRYING AND FISHERIES LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3261 TO BE ANSWERED ON 6 TH  DECEMBER, 2106

## PROTECTION OF INDIGENOUS BREEDS OF COWS

## 3261.  SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

## SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN:

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

(a)  whether the Government is aware that some indigenous breeds of cows have gone extinct due to cross-breeding scheme introduced by the Government and if so, the details thereof;

(b)  whether  the  National  Green  Tribunal  (NGT)  has  pressed  for  the  need  of  protection  of indigenous breeds of cows across the country;

(c) if so, the details of the steps taken by the Government for protection and conservation of indigenous breeds of cows;

(d) whether there has been any increase or decrease in the number of indigenous breeds of cows during the last decade; and

(e) if so, the number of indigenous breeds of cows across the country including Rajasthan, Statewise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## (SHRI SUDARSHAN BHAGAT)

(a),  (d)  &  (e)  As  per  19th  Livestock  Census-2012,  only  20.81%  are  crossbred  against  79.19% indigenous  cattle  population.  As  per  breed  survey  report  2013  the  country  has  37.92  million animals  of  recognized  indigenous  cattle  breeds  as  against  23.78  million  animals  of  recognized indigenous cattle breeds during 2007 (as per breed wise livestock census 2007). Population of indigenous  breeds  of  cattle  across  the  country  including  Rajasthan,  State-wise  is  given  at Annexure-I.

(b)  &  (c)  No,  Madam.  The  case  is  sub  judice.  In  order  to  complement  and  supplement  the efforts  made  by  the  States  to  protect  and  promote  indigenous  bovine  breeds  Government  of India is implementing following schemes: a) National Programme for Bovine Breeding & Dairy Development  (NPBBDD);  b)  Rashtriya  Gokul  Mission  (part  of  NPBBDD);  c)  National Kamdhenu Breeding Centre; d) National Dairy Plan-I; e) Central Herd Registration Scheme, f) Central Cattle Breeding Farms and g) Central Frozen Semen Production & Training Institute. Following  steps  are  being  taken  under  these  schemes  to  promote  indigenous  breeds:  a) implementation  of  bull  production  programme  (progeny  testing  &  pedigree  selection)  for production  of  high  genetic  merit  disease  free  bulls;  b)  induction  of  indigenous  bulls  of  high genetic  merit  for  natural  service  &  AI;  c)  strengthening  of  bull  mother  farms  of  indigenous breeds; d) establishment of Gokul gram; e) establishment of two National Kamdhenu Breeding Centre one in Andhra Pradesh & one in Madhya Pradesh.

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Number of indigenous breeds of cows across the country including Rajasthan, State-wise

| State             |   Indigenous Breed (Pure + Graded) |   Indigenous Non Descript cattle |   Total Indigenous Cattle |
|-------------------|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|---------------------------|
| Andaman Nicobar   |                                  0 |                            29512 |                     29512 |
| AP                |                             807536 |                          6390954 |                   7198490 |
| Arunachal Pradesh |                                  0 |                           440532 |                    440532 |
| Assam             |                                  0 |                          9911702 |                   9911702 |
| Bihar             |                            1917349 |                          6839051 |                   8756400 |
| Chandigarh        |                                 44 |                             1718 |                      1762 |
| CG                |                            3241349 |                          6395391 |                   9636740 |
| Dadra&NH          |                                151 |                            41019 |                     41170 |
| D&D               |                                491 |                             1469 |                      1960 |
| Goa               |                                173 |                            39777 |                     39950 |
| Gujarat           |                            4584189 |                          3473061 |                   8057250 |
| Haryana           |                             496613 |                           315397 |                    812010 |
| HP                |                              45640 |                          1119690 |                   1165330 |
| J&K               |                               9067 |                          1319573 |                   1328640 |
| Jharkhand         |                            1041081 |                          7432829 |                   8473910 |
| Karnataka         |                            3819656 |                          2784314 |                   6603970 |
| Kerala            |                               8080 |                            68970 |                     77050 |
| Lakshadweep       |                                  0 |                             2257 |                      2257 |
| MP                |                            2438191 |                         16323199 |                  18761390 |
| Maharashtra       |                            2296331 |                          9536999 |                  11833330 |
| Manipur           |                                  0 |                           219536 |                    219536 |
| Meghalaya         |                               1013 |                           859737 |                    860750 |
| Mizoram           |                                  0 |                            23277 |                     23277 |
| Nagaland          |                                  0 |                           106022 |                    106022 |
| Delhi             |                              16251 |                             9199 |                     25450 |
| Odisha            |                            1429566 |                          8885934 |                  10315500 |
| Puduchery         |                                407 |                             2043 |                      2450 |
| Punjab            |                             251488 |                           111602 |                    363090 |
| Rajasthan         |                            4871198 |                          6718192 |                  11589390 |
| Sikkim            |                              11256 |                             2694 |                     13950 |
| TN                |                             394584 |                          2064966 |                   2459550 |
| Tripura           |                                  0 |                           815687 |                    815687 |
| UP                |                            7713780 |                          8264270 |                  15978050 |
| UK                |                             104153 |                          1404307 |                   1508460 |
| WB                |                            2419637 |                         11298183 |                  13717820 |
| Total             |                           37919274 |                        113253063 |                 151172337 |

As per breed survey report, 2013