Lok Sabha Question No. 3630 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-10
Subject: Milch Cattle
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Sumedhanand Saraswati

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3630

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH  DECEMBER.2019

## MILCH CATTLE

## 3630. SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI:

Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

## मात्स्यिकी , पशुपालनऔरडेिरीमंत्री

## be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the number of cows and other milch cattle in the country is more than the number of milch cattle in the rest of the world;
- (b) if so, the annual milk productivity in the country in comparison to the global average;
- (c) whether any scheme has been launched by the Government to improve the breed of Indian cows;
- (d) if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether any schemes are being implemented by the Government for cattle keepers;
- (f) if so, the details thereof; and
- (g)  if  not,  the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  for  welfare  and  development  of  cattle keepers?

## ANSWER

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

(a)&  (b)  No,  Sir.  As  per  Food  and  Agriculture  Organisation  (FAO)  of  United  Nations,  the percentage share of population of cows in India with respect to total number of cows in the world is 18% during the year 2017.As per FAO, the annual milk productivity per cow in India is 1643 Kg whereas the world average is 2430 Kg per cow.

(c) & (d) In  order to complement and supplement the efforts made by the States and Union Territories to improve breeds of Indian cows, Government of India is implementing Rashtriya Gokul  Mission  for  development  and  conservation  of  indigenous  bovine  breeds,  genetic upgradation  of  bovine  population,  enhancing  milk  production  and  productivity  of  bovines thereby making milk production more remunerative to the farmers.

(e)  to  (g)  In  order  to  complement  and  supplement  the  efforts  made  by  the  States  and  Union Territories,  Government  of  India  is  implementing  following  schemes  for  the  benefit  of  dairy farmers including cattle keepers:

1. Rashtriya Gokul Mission
2. National Programme for Dairy Development
3. Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme
4. Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund
5. National Dairy Plan-I (NDP-I)
6. Livestock Health and Disease Control
7. National Animal Disease Control Programme (NADCP)
8. National Livestock Mission sub-mission Livestock Development

Further, the sustainable livestock practices are being promoted across the country under the components of Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) under Ministry of Rural Development. The major intervention areas under these livestock practices are  engagement of 'pashusakhi' the livelihood Community Resource Person (livestock) who is a livestock  extension  worker  at  village  level.  Basically,  they  work  as  awareness  campaigner  and connecting link with livestock Department and providing basic knowledge to farmers about general management, breed management, feed and fodder management, health management, first-aid and ethno veterinary treatment.