Lok Sabha Question No. 1474 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-07
Subject: Increase in Stray Cattle
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Arjunlal Meena

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1474

TO BE ANSWERED ON 7 TH  DECEMBER, 2021

## INCREASE IN STRAY CATTLE

1474. Shri Arjun Lal Meena:

Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

## मत्स्यपाऱन , पशुपाऱन और डेयरी मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  of  major  problems  of  increasing  numbers  of stray cattle in the State of Rajasthan;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  from  past  three  years  for  number  increase  State-wise including the State of Rajasthan district-wise;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  is  taking  any  initiatives  or  is  any  budget  allocated  for active rehabilitations of stray cattle; and
- (d) if so, details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) As per the information received from the State Government of Rajasthan, the State is aware of the problem of increasing the number of stray cattle in the state.
- (b)  The information on number of Stray cattle is being collected through Livestock Census which is conducted  in  every  5  years.  According  to  the  last  Livestock  Census,  State-wise  number  of  Stray Cattleareas under:

| Number of Stray Cattle   | Number of Stray Cattle   | Number of Stray Cattle   |
|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| S.No.                    | State/UT                 | Stray Cattle 2019        |
| 1                        | A&N Islands              | 1459                     |
| 2                        | Andhra Pradesh           | 73850                    |
| 3                        | Arunachal Pradesh        | 659                      |
| 4                        | Assam                    | 40608                    |
| 5                        | Bihar                    | 85276                    |

| 6   | Chandigarh       |    1440 |
|-----|------------------|---------|
| 7   | Chhattisgarh     |  184993 |
| 8   | D&N Haveli       |       0 |
| 9   | Daman &Diu       |    1296 |
| 10  | Delhi            |   12163 |
| 11  | Goa              |    9459 |
| 12  | Gujarat          |  343918 |
| 13  | Haryana          |  127917 |
| 14  | Himachal Pradesh |   36311 |
| 15  | Jammu &Kashmir   |   13864 |
| 16  | Jharkhand        |   32773 |
| 17  | Karnataka        |   77075 |
| 18  | Kerala           |    3629 |
| 19  | Lakshadweep      |       0 |
| 20  | Madhya Pradesh   |  853971 |
| 21  | Maharashtra      |  152565 |
| 22  | Manipur          |       2 |
| 23  | Meghalaya        |    2344 |
| 24  | Mizoram          |      70 |
| 25  | Nagaland         |     115 |
| 26  | Odisha           |  151703 |
| 27  | Puducherry       |      67 |
| 28  | Punjab           |  140069 |
| 29  | Rajasthan        | 1272277 |
| 30  | Sikkim           |     157 |
| 31  | Tamil Nadu       |   51150 |
| 32  | Telangana        |   36366 |
| 33  | Tripura          |    3361 |
| 34  | Uttar Pradesh    | 1184494 |
| 35  | Uttarakhand      |   27453 |
| 36  | West Bengal      |   98733 |
|     | All India        | 5021587 |

As per the 20 th Livestock Census data, Rajasthan State has total of 1272277 number of stray cattle. The district-wise number of animals in Rajasthan are as under:

| S.No.   | Name of District   |   Stray Cattle 20th Livestock Census 2019 |
|---------|--------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| 1       | Ajmer              |                                     35850 |
| 2       | Alwar              |                                     29384 |
| 3       | Banswara           |                                      2385 |
| 4       | Baran              |                                     36812 |
| 5       | Barmer             |                                     41942 |
| 6       | Bharatpur          |                                     30525 |
| 7       | Bhilwara           |                                     73062 |
| 8       | Bikaner            |                                     90680 |
| 9       | Bundi              |                                     39365 |
| 10      | Chittorgarh        |                                     33216 |
| 11      | Churu              |                                     57230 |
| 12      | Dausa              |                                     20460 |
| 13      | Dholpur            |                                     18523 |
| 14      | Dungarpur          |                                      4021 |
| 15      | Ganganagar         |                                     47423 |
| 16      | Hanumangarh        |                                     32623 |
| 17      | Jaipur             |                                     69424 |
| 18      | Jaisalmer          |                                     14088 |
| 19      | Jalore             |                                     43809 |
| 20      | Jhalawar           |                                     55776 |
| 21      | Jhunjhunu          |                                     31242 |
| 22      | Jodhpur            |                                     92642 |
| 23      | Karauli            |                                     20719 |
| 24      | Kota               |                                     29945 |
| 25      | Nagaur             |                                    103611 |
| 26      | Pali               |                                     60453 |
| 27      | Pratapgarh         |                                      2982 |
| 28      | Rajsamand          |                                     16399 |
| 29      | SawaiMadhopur      |                                     26378 |
| 30      | Sikar              |                                     54293 |
| 31      | Sirohi             |                                     11268 |
| 32      | Tonk               |                                     32249 |
| 33      | Udaipur            |                                     13498 |
|         | State Total        |                                   1272277 |

(c) As per the information received from Government of Rajasthan, there are 3222 numbers of Gaushalas  are  operational  in  the  State  where  in  10.60  lakh  cattle  are  sheltered.  In  order  to provide stray cattle adequate shelter and management, the Directorate of Gopalan, Government of Rajasthan are implementing the following programmes/ schemes:

Rs. 40/- per day per head to large cattle and Rs. 20/- per day to small cattle are provided for 180 days period for their maintenance and feeding. Funds provided for this purpose to gaushals by the Rajasthan Government under Cow Promotion and Fund Rules,2016 are as under:

|   Sl. No. | Financial Year             |   Amount (Rs. in Crore) |
|-----------|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|        01 | 2018-19                    |                  240.57 |
|        02 | 2019-20                    |                  462.45 |
|        03 | 2020-21                    |                  565.48 |
|        04 | 2021-22( till 30.11.2021 ) |                  488.76 |

The State of Rajasthan provided Rs.446.83 lakh and Rs.90.00 lakh during 2020-21 and 2021-22 respectively to eligible gaushalas for capacity building under Gaushala Development Scheme.

In order to provide the shelter to the homeless cattle, Rs. 720.00 lakh were garnted at the rate of Rs.  45  lakh  to  16  districts  to  open  the  Nandishala  at  the  District  level  under  the  Scheme  of NandishalaJansahabhagita by the State Government of Rajasthan.

Rs.  20.00  lakh  has  been  provided  to  Shree  Gaushala,  Padampur,  SriGanganagar  District  for establishment of plant for disposal of Cow Dung under the scheme of Biogas Yojna.

For the shelter of male stray cattle roaming on roads, as per the budget announcement by the State Government, the scheme has been approved for establishment of Nandishala at Panchayat level. Directions  dated  27.08.2021  has  been  issued  for  the  implementation  of  the  scheme  in  the  year 2021-22. Provision for Rs. 111.91 Cr. has been made for establishment of 70 Nandishalas in the current financial year.

In addition to the above mentioned efforts by the State Government, the Animal Welfare Board of India  (AWBI)  also  provides  financial  assistance  to  recognized  Gaushalas  for  feed,  fodder,  & maintenance  of  Gaushalas  under  the  scheme  of  Regular  Grants  as  well  as  for  establishment  of Shelter, dispensary etc. under the scheme for provision of Shelter House.

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