Lok Sabha Question No. 464 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-01
Subject: Research and Development on Cow Science
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Raksha Nikhil Khadse, Manoj Kishorbhai Kotak

## MINISTRY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No.464 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01/12/2021

## RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ON COW SCIENCE

464.  SHRIMATI RAKSHA NIKHIL KHADSE: SHRI MANOJ KOTAK:

Will  the  Minister  of  SCIENCE  AND  TECHNOLOGY ͪव£ान और Ĥौɮयोͬगकȧ मंğी be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  any  proposal  to  emphasis  on Research  &  Development  on  Cow  Science,  the  Indian  old  wisdom with  new  Technology  for  Aatmanirbhar  Bharat  and  to  explore potentials of Indian Cow & Panchagavya to bring forth the science of Cows; and
- (b) if so, the details of the steps the Government is initiating in this regards?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCES (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

ͪव£ान और Ĥौɮयोͬगकȧ तथा पृ Øवी ͪव£ान मंğालय क े राÏय मंğी ( èवतंğ Ĥभार) (डॉ . िजतɅġ ͧसंह)

- (a) Yes  Sir.  The  Government  had  already  initiated  an InterMinisterial funding programme 'Scientific Utilization Through Research  Augmentation-Prime  Products  from  Indigenous  Cows' (SUTRA-PIC)  with  the  objective  of  providing  scientific  basis  for traditional  and  ancient  knowledge  of  the  country  with  respect  to

indigenous cows and their products through scientific research and validation.

- (b) Department of Science and Technology is the nodal department for coordinating this Inter-Ministerial funding programme supported by  Ministry of Science & Technology through Department  of Science  and Technology (DST), Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR)-Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR); Ministry of Ayush; Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). The thematic areas taken up for Research & Development pertaining to Prime Products from Indigenous Cows are given below:
1. Scientific Research on Uniqueness of Indigenous Cows.
2. Scientific Research on Prime Products from Indigenous Cows for Medicine and Health.
3. Scientific Research on Prime Products from Indigenous Cows for Agricultural Applications.
4. Scientific Research on Prime Products from Indigenous Cows for Food and Nutrition.
5.  Scientific  Research  on  Prime  products  from  indigenous  Cowsbased Utility Items.

Each of the thematic area above is adopted by a Ministry/Department as a lead agency  for funding. A call for proposals  was  put  up  by  DST  for  'Scientific  Utilization  through Research  Augmentation-  Prime  Products  from  Indigenous  Cows' (SUTRA-PIC) program. Out of 337 proposals received, 34 proposals were recommended for financial support to develop socially useful and commercially relevant knowledge, process and technologies in identified  thrust  areas  such  as medicine  and  health,  agriculture, food and nutrition and utility items.

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