Lok Sabha Question No. 2707 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-09
Subject: Population of Livestock
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Ashok Mahadeorao Nete

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2707 TO BE ANSWERED ON 9 TH  JULY, 2019

## POPULATION OF LIVESTOCK

## 2707. SHRI ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE:

## Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING मत्स्यपालन , पशुपालनऔरडेयरीमंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of livestock in the country at present, State-wise;
- (b) whether the population of livestock is decreasing in the country;
- (c) if so, the details thereof during the last three years and the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether the Government is aware of the fact that more than the stipulated number of bovines and other stolen animals are being slaughtered in the slaughterhouses; and
- (e) if so, the action being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) As  per  19 th Livestock  Census  2012 , the  total  number  of  livestock  in  the  country  is  512.06 million numbers. The State-wise livestock population is placed at Annexure-I
- (b)  &  (c) Livestock  Census  is  conducted  quinquennially.  The  total  population  of  livestock  has decreased from 529.70 million numbers in 2007 to 512.06 million numbers in 2012.
- (d) & (e) Under the distribution of legislative powers between the Union of India and States under Article 246(3) of the constitution, preservation of cattle is a matter on which the legislature of the State has exclusive powers to legislate. Therefore, it is up to the State to enact laws on slaughter of cows.  Further,  as  per  Article  48  of  Indian  Constitution  the  State  shall  endeavour  to  organize agriculture and animal husbandry on modern and scientific lines and shall in particular take steps for  preserving , improving  the  breed,  prohibiting  the  slaughter  of  cows , calves , other  milch  and draught cattle.

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## Annexure-I

| Statement given as annexure to parliament unstarred Question No. 2707 date 09-07-2019   | Statement given as annexure to parliament unstarred Question No. 2707 date 09-07-2019   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Name of                                                                                 | No. In thousands Total livestock                                                        |
| 1 2                                                                                     | 1 2                                                                                     |
| Andhra Pradesh*                                                                         | 56099.41                                                                                |
| Bihar                                                                                   | 32938.60                                                                                |
| Chhattisgarh                                                                            | 15043.94                                                                                |
| Goa                                                                                     | 145.85                                                                                  |
| Gujarat                                                                                 | 27128.20                                                                                |
| Haryana                                                                                 | 8819.52                                                                                 |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                                        | 4844.43                                                                                 |
| Jammu &Kashmir                                                                          | 9200.84                                                                                 |
| Jharkhand                                                                               | 18052.75                                                                                |
| Karnataka                                                                               | 27701.90                                                                                |
| Kerala                                                                                  | 2735.16                                                                                 |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                                          | 36332.63                                                                                |
| Maharashtra                                                                             | 32488.65                                                                                |
| Odisha                                                                                  | 20732.50                                                                                |
| Punjab                                                                                  | 8117.10                                                                                 |
| Rajasthan                                                                               | 57732.20                                                                                |
| Tamil Nadu                                                                              | 22722.98                                                                                |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                                           | 68715.15                                                                                |
| Uttarakhand                                                                             | 4794.73                                                                                 |
| West Bengal                                                                             | 30348.28                                                                                |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                                                       | 1412.67                                                                                 |
| Assam                                                                                   | 19082.17                                                                                |
| Manipur                                                                                 | 695.77                                                                                  |
| Meghalaya                                                                               | 1957.63                                                                                 |
| Mizoram                                                                                 | 311.86                                                                                  |
| Nagaland                                                                                | 911.16                                                                                  |
| Sikkim                                                                                  | 291.63                                                                                  |
| Tripura                                                                                 | 1936.18                                                                                 |
| A&N Island                                                                              | 154.75                                                                                  |
| Chandigarh                                                                              | 24.20                                                                                   |
| Dadra.& Nagar Haveli                                                                    | 50.24                                                                                   |
| Daman &Diu                                                                              | 4.63                                                                                    |
| Lakshadweep                                                                             | 49.60                                                                                   |
| Delhi                                                                                   |                                                                                         |
|                                                                                         | 360.40                                                                                  |
| Puducherry Total                                                                        | 119.61 512057.32                                                                        |

Note- *includes Telangana