Lok Sabha Question No. 3594 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-10
Subject: Embryo Transplant
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Dushyant Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3594 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH  DECEMBER 2019

## EMBRYO TRANSPLANT

## 3594. SHRI  DUSHYANT SINGH::

Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING मत्स्यपालन , पशुपालन और डेयरी मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) the current coverage of artificial insemination across India, State-wise and for the districts of Jhalawar and Baran;
- (b) whether the Government is planning to promote usage of sex-sorted semen;
- (c) the number of districts which currently have the facility for usage of sex sorted semen;
- (d) whether the Government plans to take usage/coverage of artificial insemination to 100 per cent by 2025 and set up labs for embryo transplant;
- (e) if so, the details thereof and the roadmap for the target along with the number of doses of sex-sorted semen used till date, State-wise and list of labs currently operational and number of embryos transplanted till date;
- (f) the current production of fisheries and the target set for 2020-21;
- (g) whether the Government is aware about reports of overfishing of sharks in Indian Ocean; and
- (h) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken to check overfishing?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING (Dr SANJEEV KUMAR BALYAN)

- (a) The current coverage of Artificial Insemination ( A.I) across India is about 30%. The State-wise A.I coverage during the year 2018-19 is given at Annexure-I. The A.I coverage during 2018-19  in the Districts of Jhalawar  and Baran was  9% and 6% respectively.

(b) and (c) Yes Sir. Government is promoting usage of sex sorted semen. As envisaged under  the  scheme  ,  Rashtriya  Gokul  Mission  (RGM)  establishment  of  sex  sorted  semen facility has been approved at 12 A graded semen stations in Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Karnataka, Telangana, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Madhya  Pradesh, Maharashtra and Himachal Pradesh in the country.

(d) and  (e) Yes  Sir.  To  increase  the  A.I  coverage  in  the  country  ,  Government  has launched Nationwide Artificial Insemination programme ( NAIP) in 600 districts having less than 50% A.I coverage covering 100 villages per district and 200 bovines  per village. During the  programme,  1.20  Cr  animals  are  proposed  to  be  covered..As  on  5.12.2019,  4.73  Lakh animals  are  covered.  Future  roadmap  has  been  prepared  by  the  Department  of  Animal Husbandry and Dairying for enhancing the A.I coverage from present 30% to 70% and the additional fund requirement has been made with Ministry of Finance.

Annual target set under the project for the 12 sex sorted semen facilities is 2.4 million doses. Details on State-wise sex sorted semen facility established are given at Annexure -II. So far, facility for production of 6 lakh doses/annum is made functional. Till date 3 lakh doses have been produced.

Under RGM, establishment of 30 Embryo Transfer Technology (ETT)/ In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF) Labs have been sanctioned and funds have already been released to the States. List of currently  operational  labs  is  given  at  Annexure  III.  It  is  envisaged  that  3000  high  genetic merit  bulls  of  Indigenous  breed  will  be  produced  thro  ETT/IVF  technology  to  meet  the shortage of bulls in the country.

(f) Current production of Fisheries is 13.42 MMT and the target set for 2020-21 is 15.90 MMT

(g) and (h) No  report  of  overfishing  of  sharks  in  Indian  Ocean  is  received  in  the Department of Fisheries, Government of India.

Statement referred to part (a) of the reply to Lok Sabha Question No. 3594 due for answer on 10 th December 2019

State-wise Artificial insemination coverage 2018-19

| S. No   | State             |   Breedable population* |   Animals available for A.I |   AI done 2018-19 (in Lakh) |   A.I Coverage ** % |
|---------|-------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------|
|         | 1                 |                    2    |                        3    |                        4    |                   5 |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    |                   54.56 |                       38.19 |                       45.74 |                  40 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh |                    1.39 |                        0.97 |                        0.01 |                   0 |
| 3       | Assam             |                   36.19 |                       25.33 |                        4.35 |                   6 |
| 4       | Bihar             |                   95.54 |                       66.88 |                       31.45 |                  16 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      |                   36.35 |                       25.45 |                        7.15 |                   9 |
| 6       | Goa               |                    0.4  |                        0.28 |                        0.32 |                  38 |
| 7       | Gujarat           |                   95.99 |                       67.19 |                       83.25 |                  41 |
| 8       | Haryana           |                   37.05 |                       25.94 |                       42.39 |                  54 |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh  |                   13.64 |                        9.55 |                       10.23 |                  36 |
| 10      | Jammu &Kashmir    |                   16.35 |                       11.45 |                       13.62 |                  40 |
| 11      | Jharkhand         |                   29.58 |                       20.71 |                        6.33 |                  10 |
| 12      | Karnataka         |                   63.7  |                       44.59 |                       67.81 |                  51 |
| 13      | Kerala            |                    6.64 |                        4.65 |                       13.78 |                  99 |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh    |                  109.9  |                       76.93 |                       32.12 |                  14 |
| 15      | Maharashtra       |                   86.75 |                       60.73 |                       48.38 |                  27 |
| 16      | Manipur           |                    1.14 |                        0.8  |                        0.16 |                   7 |
| 17      | Meghalaya         |                    3.35 |                        2.35 |                        0.24 |                   3 |
| 18      | Mizoram           |                    0.17 |                        0.12 |                        0.06 |                  17 |
| 19      | Nagaland          |                    0.94 |                        0.66 |                        0.28 |                  14 |
| 20      | Odisha            |                   36.42 |                       25.49 |                       14.4  |                  19 |
| 21      | Punjab            |                   40.7  |                       28.49 |                       44.12 |                  52 |
| 22      | Rajasthan         |                  132.75 |                       92.93 |                       44.07 |                  16 |
| 23      | Sikkim            |                    0.6  |                        0.42 |                        0.18 |                  15 |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu        |                   47.8  |                       33.46 |                       71.72 |                  71 |
| 25      | Telangana         |                   35.74 |                       25.02 |                       17.74 |                  24 |
| 26      | Tripura           |                    3.37 |                        2.36 |                        2.31 |                  33 |
| 27      | Uttar Pradesh     |                  240.11 |                      168.08 |                      137.6  |                  27 |
| 28      | Uttarakhand       |                   13.78 |                        9.65 |                        6.93 |                  24 |
| 29      | West Bengal       |                   64.21 |                       44.95 |                       40.74 |                  30 |
|         | Total             |                 1305.46 |                      913.82 |                      787.48 |                  29 |

Assumptions:

*As per 2012 Livestock Census

*Conception rate is considered to be 33% i.e 3 AI per Conception

Statement referred to part (d) & (e) of the reply to Lok Sabha Question No. 3594 due for answer on 10 th December 2019

## State -wise list of Sex sorted semen facility approved

|   S.No | State            | Location                     |
|--------|------------------|------------------------------|
|      1 | Gujarat          | Patan                        |
|      2 | Haryana          | Hissar                       |
|      3 | Karnataka        | Hessarghatta                 |
|      4 | Kerala           | Dhoni                        |
|      5 | Madhya Pradesh   | Bhadbada, Bhopal             |
|      6 | Maharashtra (2)  | 1. BAIF, Pune 2 . Aurangabad |
|      7 | Tamil Nadu       | DLF, Hosur                   |
|      8 | Telangana        | Karim nagar                  |
|      9 | Uttar Pradesh    | Babugarh                     |
|     10 | Uttarakhand      | Rishikesh                    |
|     11 | Punjab           | Nabha ,Patiala               |
|     12 | Himachal Pradesh | Palampur                     |

Statement referred to part (d) & (e) of the reply to Lok Sabha Question No. 3594 due for answer on 10 th December 2019

## List of State- wise Embryo transfer/ In-Vitro Fertilization Labs

| SN    | ETT Centre                                   | State            | Number of embryos Produced/ transferred   |
|-------|----------------------------------------------|------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| 1     | ETT Centre, Kalsi                            | Uttarakhand      | 295                                       |
| 2     | SAG,Bidaj                                    | Gujarat          | 286                                       |
| 3     | KLDB,Mattupatty                              | Kerala           | 61                                        |
| 4     | Lam Farm, AP Guntur                          | Andhra Pradesh   | 67                                        |
| 5     | BAIF, Urlikanchan                            | Maharashtra      | 50                                        |
| 6     | GADVASU, Ludhiana                            | Punjab           | 44                                        |
| 7     | ETT Centre, Bhopal                           | Madhya Pradesh   | 358                                       |
| 8     | ETT Centre, Niblet UP                        | Uttar Pradesh    | 158                                       |
| 9     | PLDB ETT centre, Patiala                     | Punjab           | 163                                       |
| 10    | ETT Centre Palampur                          | Himachal Pradesh | 11                                        |
| 11    | ETT Centre, Hosur                            | Tamil Nadu       | 30                                        |
| 12    | ETT, Shirpur, Pune                           | Maharashtra      | 425                                       |
| 13    | Nagpur MAFSU                                 | Maharashtra      | 21                                        |
| 14    | NKBC                                         | Andhra Pradesh   | Under establishment                       |
| 15    | Anjora Durg                                  | Chhattisgarh     | Under establishment                       |
| 16    | Motihari                                     |                  | Under establishment                       |
| 17    | Patna                                        | Bihar            | Under establishment                       |
| 18    | NKBC                                         | MP               | Under establishment                       |
| 19    | Namakkal                                     | Tamil Nadu       | Under establishment                       |
| 20    | Bareilly                                     | Uttar Pradesh    | Under establishment                       |
| 21    | Hyderabad                                    | Telangana        | Under establishment                       |
| 22    | Harringhatta                                 | West Bengal      | Under establishment                       |
| 23    | Hissar                                       | Haryana          | Under establishment                       |
| 24-30 | Central Cattle Breeding Farms (CCBF) -7 Nos. |                  | Under establishment                       |