Lok Sabha Question No. 914 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-07
Subject: Increase in Milk Production
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Rattan Lal Kataria

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 914

TO BE ANSWERED ON 7 TH  FEBRUARY, 2023

## INCREASE IN MILK PRODUCTION

## 914. SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA

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

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether India has become the largest producer of milk in the world contributing twenty three per cent of global milk production;
- (b)  if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  milk  production  has  registered  forty  per  cent  increase  during  the  last  eight  years  and increased to twenty one crore tonne in the year, 2022; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER  FOR FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING (SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

(a)  to  (b): According  to  production  data  of  Food  and  Agriculture  Organization  Corporate  Statistical Database(FAOSTAT), India is the highest milk producer i.e., rank first position in the world contributing twenty-four percent of global milk production in the year 2021-22. The details of milk production along with per cent share to world milk production during the last eight years is placed at Annexure .

(c) to (d): The milk production of India has registered fifty-one percent increase during the last eight years i.e.,  during the  year 2014-15 and 2021-22 and increased to twenty-two crore tonne in the year 2021-22. The details of milk production during last eight years of India is placed at Annexure.

| All India Milk Production with percent share to the World Milk Production   | All India Milk Production with percent share to the World Milk Production   | All India Milk Production with percent share to the World Milk Production   | All India Milk Production with percent share to the World Milk Production   | All India Milk Production with percent share to the World Milk Production   |
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| Year Milk Production                                                        | Year Milk Production                                                        | (India) (Million Tonnes)                                                    | Milk Production (World) (Million Tonnes)                                    | %Share to the total World milk production                                   |
| 1                                                                           | 2014-15                                                                     | 146.31                                                                      | 800.33                                                                      | 18.28                                                                       |
| 2                                                                           | 2015-16                                                                     | 155.49                                                                      | 814.51                                                                      | 19.09                                                                       |
| 3                                                                           | 2016-17                                                                     | 165.40                                                                      | 823.67                                                                      | 20.08                                                                       |
| 4                                                                           | 2017-18                                                                     | 176.35                                                                      | 844.91                                                                      | 20.87                                                                       |
| 5                                                                           | 2018-19                                                                     | 187.75                                                                      | 867.39                                                                      | 21.65                                                                       |
| 6                                                                           | 2019-20                                                                     | 198.44                                                                      | 886.06                                                                      | 22.40                                                                       |
| 7                                                                           | 2020-21                                                                     | 209.96                                                                      | 914.48                                                                      | 22.96                                                                       |
| 8                                                                           | 2021-22                                                                     | 221.06                                                                      | 918.16                                                                      | 24.08                                                                       |