Lok Sabha Question No. 412 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-19
Subject: Livestock Census-2019
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Raja Amareshwara Naik, Sukanta Majumdar, Bhola Singh, Vinod Kumar Sonkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY & DAIRYING

L O K  S A B H A UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 412

DATED 19.11.2019

'Livestock Census- 2019'

## 412. SHRI RAJA AMARESHWARA NAIK: DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR: SHRI BHOLA SINGH: SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR:

Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING मत्स्यपालन , पशुपालन और डेयरी मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has recently released the Livestock Census2019 and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government is aware that the numbers of indigenous cattle continue to decline in spite  of  Government's  efforts  to  promote  conservation  of  desi  breeds  through  the  Rashtriya Gokul Mission (RGM), if so, the details thereof including the Government's reaction thereto;
- (c) whether due to farmers preference shift to animals yielding more milk, the crossbred cattle population has jumped to 50.42 million in 2019 from 39.73 million in 2012 and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the poultry population rose nearly 17 per cent to 851.81 million and the total birds in the backyard poultry jumped 46 per cent to 317.07 million in 2019 and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the other steps being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Yes,  the  Department  of  Animal  Husbandry  and  Dairying  has  recently  released  the  20 th Livestock Census 2019 results (provisional). The species-wise livestock population is given in the following table:

| Category        |   Population (In million) 2019 |
|-----------------|--------------------------------|
| Cattle          |                         192.52 |
| Buffalo         |                         109.85 |
| Mithun          |                           0.38 |
| Yak             |                           0.06 |
| Sheep           |                          74.26 |
| Goat            |                         148.88 |
| Horses &Ponies  |                           0.34 |
| Mule            |                           0.08 |
| Donkey          |                           0.12 |
| Camel           |                           0.25 |
| Pig             |                           9.06 |
| Total Livestock |                         535.8  |

(b) As  per  the  provisional  data  of  20 th Livestock  Census  2019,  the  total  indigenous  cattle population  has  declined  to 142.11  million in  2019  from  151.17  million  in  2012.  However, Indigenous  and  Non-descript  female  cattle  population  has  increased  to 98.17  million in  2019 from  89.22  million  in  2012  and  indegenous  and  non-descript  male  population  has  declined  to 43.94  million in  2019  from  61.95  million  in  2012.  This  is  due  to  increased  mechanization  in agriculture  and  promotion of sex sorted semen of indigenous breeds. This is also indicative of preference of farmers towards rearing of productive animals than unproductive animals. Increase in  population  of  females  of  indigenous  and  non-descipt  breeds  is  a  positive  sign  of  Rashtriya Gokul Mission.

(c) As  per  the  provisional  data  of  20th  Livestock  Census  2019,  the  Exotic/Crossbred population  of  cattle  has  increased  to 50.42  million in  2019  from  39.73  million  in  2012. Exotic/crossbred  female  cattle  population  has  increased  to 46.95  million in  2019  from  33.76 million  in  2012.  The  Exotic/Crossbred  male  population  has  decreased  to 3.46  million in  2019 from 5.97 million in 2012.

(d) & (e) The total poultry population has increased to 851.81 million in 2019 from 729.21 million  in  2012.  The  backyard  poultry  has  increased  to 317.07  million in  2019  from  217.49 million in 2012. The government through Rural Backyard Poultry Development component of National  Livestock  Mission  (NLM)  envisaged  to  cover  beneficiaries  from  BPL  families  to enable them to gain supplementary income and nutritional support.

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