Lok Sabha Question No. 3286 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-07
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

UNSTARRED QUESTION No 3286 TO BE ANSWERED ON 7th August, 2018

## RASHTRIYA GOKUL MISSION

3286. SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि और ककसान कल्याण मंत्री

be pleased to States:

- (a) whether rural level integrated indigenous cattle centres have been established by the Government under the Rashtriya Gokul Mission;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, Statewise;
- (c) the details regarding establishment and programme of Gokul Gram, bull mother farms, gopalan sangh, breeds, field performance recording, pedigree selection programme, disease free high genetic merit distribution centres etc., State-wise;
- (d) the number of farmers nurturing elite animals of indigenous breeds and given incentive/funds, so far along with and the details thereof;
- (e)  the  number  of  farmers  given  Gopal  Ratna  and  Kamdhenu  awards  so  far  by  the  Government, State-wise; and
- (f) the details of the selection process of farmers for awarding Gopal Ratna and Kamdhenu Awards?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE& FARMERS WELWARE (SHRIMATI KRISHNA RAJ)

- (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:

| 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 Sarkanda Bilaspur          |
| 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 |                                  |

(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. The State wise details of awards given under the scheme is as under

| S No   | Name of State    | 2017-18               | 2017-18                  | 2018-19                | 2018-19                  |
|--------|------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
|        |                  | No of Kamdhenu Awards | No of Gopal Ratna Awards | No of Kamdhen u Awards | No of Gopal Ratna Awards |
| 1.     | Andhra Pradesh   |                       |                          |                        |                          |
| 2.     | Chhattisgarh     | 1                     | 0                        |                        |                          |
| 3.     | Gujarat          | 2                     | 2                        | 3                      | 2                        |
| 4.     | Haryana          | 1                     | 2                        |                        |                          |
| 5.     | Himachal Pradesh |                       |                          |                        | 2                        |
| 6.     | Karnataka        | 0                     | 1                        | 1                      | 1                        |
| 7.     | Kerala           | 1                     | 0                        |                        |                          |
| 8.     | Maharashtra      | 1                     | 1                        |                        | 1                        |
| 9.     | Odisha           |                       |                          |                        |                          |
| 10.    | Punjab           | 2                     | 1                        |                        | 2                        |
| 11.    | Rajasthan        | 0                     | 1                        |                        |                          |
| 12.    | Tamil Nadu       |                       |                          | 2                      | 1                        |
| 13.    | Telengana        | 1                     | 1                        |                        | 1                        |
| 14.    | Uttar Pradesh    |                       |                          | 3                      | 1                        |
| 15.    | Uttarakhand      | 3                     | 1                        |                        | 1                        |
|        | Total            | 12                    | 10                       | 9                      | 12                       |

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

Statement referred to part (c), of the Lok Sabha  UnStarred Question No. 3286 due for 7 th August 2018:

Details of the progress made in implementation of Rashtriya Gokul Mission State Wise

| 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                               | -                             | -                               | 75                                   |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh | 1             | -                   | -                               | 125                           | -                               |                                      |
| 3    | Assam             | -             | 1                   | 14                              | 2500                          | -                               | 3                                    |
| 4    | Bihar             | 1             | -                   | -                               | -                             | -                               |                                      |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh      | 2             | 1                   | -                               | -                             | -                               | 17                                   |
| 6    | Goa               | -             | -                   | -                               | -                             | -                               |                                      |
| 7    | Gujarat           | 3             | 5                   | -                               | -                             | 3                               | 378                                  |
| 8    | Haryana           | 1             | 1                   | 2                               | 30000                         | 1                               | 97                                   |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh  | -             | -                   | -                               | -                             | -                               | 13                                   |
| 10   | Jammu & Kashmir   | -             | -                   | -                               | -                             | -                               | 44                                   |
| 11   | Jharkhand         | -             | 3                   | -                               | -                             | -                               |                                      |
| 12   | Karnataka         | 1             | 3                   | -                               | -                             | -                               | 71                                   |
| 13   | Kerala            | -             | 4                   | -                               | 33750                         | -                               | 91                                   |
| 14   | Madhya Pradesh    | 1             | -                   | -                               | -                             | -                               | 38                                   |
| 15   | Maharashtra       | 3             | -                   | 10                              | -                             | 1                               | 143                                  |
| 16   | Manipur           | -             | -                   | -                               | -                             | -                               |                                      |
| 17   | Meghalaya         | -             | -                   | -                               | -                             | -                               |                                      |
| 18   | Mizoram           | -             | -                   | -                               | -                             | -                               |                                      |
| 19   | Nagaland          | -             | -                   | -                               | -                             | -                               |                                      |
| 20   | Odisha            | -             | -                   | -                               | 5000                          | -                               | 9                                    |
| 21   | Punjab            | 1             | 1                   | 2                               | 5000                          | 2                               | 36                                   |
| 22   | Rajasthan         | -             | -                   | -                               | -                             | 3                               | 52                                   |
| 23   | Sikkim            | -             | -                   | -                               | -                             | -                               |                                      |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu        | -             | 2                   | -                               | 2000                          | -                               | 283                                  |
| 25   | Telangana         | 1             | -                   | 3                               | 3000                          | -                               | 61                                   |
| 26   | Tripura           | -             | 15                  | -                               | 3000                          | -                               |                                      |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh     | 3             | -                   | -                               | -                             | -                               | 153                                  |
| 28   | Uttarakhand       | 1             | 2                   | -                               | -                             | -                               | 66                                   |
| 29   | West Bengal       | -             | 2                   | -                               | -                             | -                               | 100                                  |
|      | Total             | 20            | 41                  | 32                              | 84375                         | 10                              | 1730                                 |

# Pedigree Selection Progammes are being implemented under NDP-I

Statement referred to part (e), of the Lok Sabha UnStarred Question No. 3286 due for 7 th August 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.