Lok Sabha Question No. 406 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-19
Subject: Rashtriya Gokul Mission
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Manjulata Mandal, Dhanush M Kumar, DNV Senthilkumar. S., C.N. Annadurai, Gautham Sigamani Pon, Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar, Supriya Sadanand Sule, Kuldeep Rai Sharma, Amol Ramsing Kolhe, Sunil Dattatray Tatkare

## MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

## DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED  QUESTION No. 406 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19 TH  JULY 2022

## RASHTRIYA GOKUL  MISSION

## 406.    SHRIMATI MANJULATA MANDAL:

SHRI DHANUSH M. KUMAR:

DR. DNV SENTHILKUMAR. S.:

SHRI C.N. ANNADURAI:

DR. PON GAUTHAM SIGAMANI:

DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE:

SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA:

DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE:

SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE:

Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING कृ षि और ककसान कल्याण मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) the aims and objectives of the Rashtriya Gokul Mision (RGM) along with the achievement made since inception;
- (b) whether the Government has achieved the objectives for which RGM was established and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) the details of all the participating agencies involved in developing the indigenous breeds of cattle under the RGM;
- (d) the details of the works undertaken by the participating agencies nominated by the Government\ under the Mission, State-wise;
- (e)  whether the Government is reviewing the work undertaken by the participating agencies and if so, the progress made in this regard;
- (f) whether rural level integrated indigenous cattle centres have been established by the Government under the RGM and if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
- (g) the number of farmers given Gopal Ratna and Kamdhenu Awards by the Government so far, along with the selection procedure adopted by the Government to grant the said awards?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) The Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying has been implementing Rashtriya Gokul Mission (RGM) with the aim of development and conservation of indigenous bovine breeds, genetic upgradation of bovine population and enhancement of milk production and productivity of bovines thereby making dairying more remunerative to the farmers. The Scheme has been implemented with the following objectives:
- (i) To enhance productivity of bovines and increasing milk production in a sustainable manner using advance technologies
- (ii) To propagate use of high genetic merit bulls for breeding purposes.
- (iii) To  enhance  Artificial  insemination  coverage  through  strengthening  of  breeding  network  and delivery of Artificial insemination services at farmers doorstep
- (iv) To promote indigenous cattle & buffalo rearing and conservation in a scientific and holistic manner.

Major achievements made under the scheme since its inception is as under:

(i) Under implementation of Nationwide Artificial Insemination (AI) Programme Artificial Insemination services has been made available free of cost at farmers doorstep. As on date 3.50 crore animals have been covered,  4.33 crore Artificial Insemination  performed  and  2.28  crore  farmers  benefitted  under  the programme.

(ii)           19 bovine IVF/ ETT labs have been made operational and so far 14092 viable embryos of mostly indigenous breeds produced, 6598 viable embryos transferred and 1075 calves are born under the programme. Government has initiated Accelerated Breed Improvement programme using IVF technology and under the programme 2 Lakh IVF pregnancies will be established in next five years. Subsidy at the rate of Rs 5000 per assured pregnancy will be made available to farmers. Bovine IVF technology is now available at farmers' doorstep.

(iii) Sex sorted semen production has been introduced in the country for production of only female calves upto 90% accuracy.  Use of sex sorted semen will be a game changer not only for enhancing milk production but  also  limiting  stray  cattle  population.  Sex  sorted  semen  production  facility  has  been  established  at  4 Government semen stations and sex sorted semen production facility is also  available  at  3  private  semen stations. So far 44.37 lakh sexed semen doses have been produced. Government has initiated accelerated breed improvement  programme  using  sex  sorted  semen  and  under  the  programme  51  lakh  pregnancies  will  be established and subsidy of Rs 750 or 50% of the cost of sorted semen on assured pregnancy will be made available to farmers.

- (iv) 13 Progeny Testing (PT) and 7 Pedigree selection progarmmes have been implemented in the country to meet requirement of high genetic merit bulls at semen stations. Under these programme 2401 high genetic merit  bulls  mainly  of  indigenous  breeds  have  been  produced  and  inducted  at  semen  stations  for  semen production.
- (v) In  order  to  deliver  breeding  inputs  at  farmers  doorstep  so  far  29,218  Multi-purpose  Artificial Insemination Technicians in Rural Areas (MAITRIs) have been inducted.
- (vi)      16 Gokul Grams and 2 National Kamdhenu Breeding Centre have been established for development and conservation of Indigenous breeds in scientific and holistic manner.
- (c) The  following  is  the  details  of  the  implementing  agencies  and  participating  agencies  involved  in development of indigenous bovine breeds under RGM:

Bovine

| Implementing Agencies (IAs) - •   | State Livestock Development Boards / State Milk Federations / Central Frozen Semen Production and Training Institute, Central Cattle Breeding Farms, Central Herd Registration Scheme, National Dairy Development Board / Indian Council of Agricultural Research ICAR and its Institutes / Central Universities   |
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Participating Agencies (PAs)-     | Other agencies having a role in Bovine Development like, Universities, Colleges, etc                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |

(d) and (e)  The details of the work undertaken / progress made by the implementing /participating agencies State wise is given at Annexure I. Further the Department is regularly conducting review meetings with the Implementing agencies to review the progress made under RGM.

- (f) Under Rashtriya Gokul Mission (RGM) 16 Gokul Grams have been established as integrated cattle development centres for development and conservation of indigenous bovine breeds. The details Gokul Grams established under the scheme state wise is given at Annexure II
- (g) A total of 52 farmers/ institutions/ cooperative societies and AI Technicians received Gopal Ratna and Kamdhenu Awards from the Government so far. The selection procedure adopted during 2021 for grant of Gopal Ratna Award is as under:
- i) Applications were invited from interested applicants through online mode for 3 categories that is best dairy  farmer  rearing  indigenous  cattle  breeds,  best  artificial  Insemination  technician  and  best  dairy cooperative / Milk producer Company / Dairy Farmer Producer Organisation
- ii) The applications were screened by the award screening committee constituted by the Department and the  screening  committee  sorted  out  to  select  best  applicants  (preferably  5  in  each  category)  and recommended the same to National Award Committee.
- iii) The National Award Committee finally selected the final awardees.

## Details of the work undertaken/progress made under Rashtriya Gokul Mission State wise

| SN   | Name of State      | Fun ds relea sed for Gok ul Gra   | Bull Moth er Farms streng thenin g   | Natio nal Kamd henu Breed ing Centr   | Pedi gree Selec tion Prog ram me   | Prog eny Testi ng   | IVF Labs sancti oned   | No. of MAI TRI' s train ed   | NAI P-III No of Distr icts   | Achievement under NAIP   | Achievement under NAIP   | Achievement under NAIP     |
|------|--------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|---------------------|------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------|
| SN   | Name of State      | Fun ds relea sed for Gok ul Gra   | Bull Moth er Farms streng thenin g   | e                                     | Pedi gree Selec tion Prog ram me   | Prog eny Testi ng   | IVF Labs sancti oned   | No. of MAI TRI' s train ed   | NAI P-III No of Distr icts   | No. of Total AI done     | Total Farmer Benefite d  | Total Animals Insemin ated |
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh     | ms 1                              | 1                                    | 1                                     | -                                  | 1                   | 2                      | 4746                         | 9                            | 311143 0                 | 116382 1                 | 210896 6                   |
| 2    | Arunach al Pradesh | 1                                 | -                                    | -                                     | -                                  |                     | -                      | -                            | 3                            | 2824                     | 1260                     | 2753                       |
| 3    | Assam              | -                                 | 1                                    |                                       | -                                  |                     | -                      | 992                          | 33                           | 758563                   | 548859                   | 659937                     |
| 4    | Bihar              | 1                                 | -                                    |                                       | -                                  |                     | 2                      | 863                          | 38                           | 153061 1                 | 104558 1                 | 133217 7                   |
| 5    | Chhattis garh      | 1                                 | 1                                    |                                       | -                                  |                     | 1                      | 74                           | 27                           | 105164 5                 | 567044                   | 926564                     |
| 6    | Goa                | -                                 | -                                    |                                       | -                                  |                     | -                      | -                            | 2                            | 26465                    | 6253                     | 17178                      |
| 7    | Gujarat            | 1                                 | 5                                    |                                       | 2                                  | 6                   | 3                      | 125                          | 22                           | 263706 4                 | 148434 5                 | 207321 8                   |
| 8    | Haryana            | 1                                 | 1                                    |                                       | 1                                  | 1                   | 1                      | -                            | 5                            | 473132                   | 290892                   | 407198                     |
| 9    | Himacha l Pradesh  | 1                                 | -                                    |                                       | -                                  |                     | 1                      | 25                           | 12                           | 123066 1                 | 706107                   | 930836                     |
| 10   | Jammu & Kashmir    | -                                 | -                                    |                                       | -                                  |                     | -                      | 100                          | 20                           | 172264 2                 | 840548                   | 130039 7                   |
| 11   | Ladakh             |                                   |                                      |                                       |                                    |                     |                        | -                            | 2                            | 116746 6                 | 786201                   | 104956 2                   |
| 12   | Jharkhan d         | -                                 | 3                                    |                                       | -                                  |                     | -                      | -                            | 24                           | 233490 4                 | 125633 2                 | 177542 9                   |
| 13   | Karnatak a         | 1                                 | 3                                    |                                       | -                                  |                     | 1                      | 1445                         | 17                           | 4101                     | 3024                     | 3766                       |
| 14   | Kerala             | -                                 | 4                                    |                                       | -                                  | 1                   | 1                      | -                            |                              | -                        | -                        | -                          |
| 15   | Madhya Pradesh     | 1                                 | -                                    | 1                                     | -                                  |                     | 2                      | 1485                         | 51                           | 485828 8                 | 263881 2                 | 431196 2                   |
| 16   | Maharas htra       | 2                                 | -                                    |                                       | 1                                  |                     | 3                      | -                            | 33                           | 244476 3                 | 153087 5                 | 219621 8                   |
| 17   | Manipur            | -                                 | -                                    |                                       | -                                  |                     | -                      | 100                          | 9                            | 18757                    | 8819                     | 17809                      |
| 18   | Meghala ya         | -                                 | -                                    |                                       | -                                  |                     | -                      | 120                          | 11                           | 40608                    | 9860                     | 31473                      |
| 19   | Mizoram            | -                                 | -                                    |                                       | -                                  |                     | -                      | -                            | 8                            | 7353                     | 2828                     | 5847                       |

| 20   | Nagalan d     | -   | -   |    | -   |    | -   | 20     |   11 | 28859     | 10531     | 26730     |
|------|---------------|-----|-----|----|-----|----|-----|--------|------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 21   | Odisha        | -   | -   |    | -   |    | 2   | -      |   30 | 349798 5  | 179571 5  | 281158 3  |
| 22   | Punjab        | 1   | 1   |    | 1   | 2  | 2   | -      |   22 | 149358 6  | 577254    | 108404 5  |
| 23   | Rajastha n    | -   | -   |    | 2   | 1  | 1   | 207    |   33 | 285563 5  | 182687 9  | 244208 5  |
| 24   | Sikkim        | -   | -   |    | -   |    | -   | 172    |    4 | 24329     | 15294     | 22021     |
| 25   | Tamil Nadu    | -   | 2   |    | -   | 1  | 3   | -      |   13 | 276353 0  | 975615    | 185386 6  |
| 26   | Telanga na    | 1   | -   |    | -   |    | 1   | 84     |   32 | 227880 0  | 101089 8  | 197837 4  |
| 27   | Tripura       | -   | 15  |    | -   |    | -   | 895    |    8 | 124591    | 87291     | 108695    |
| 28   | Uttar Pradesh | 3   | -   |    | -   |    | 4   | 1118   |   75 | 439113 7  | 207769 2  | 350447 4  |
| 29   | Uttarakh and  | -   | 2   |    | -   |    | 1   | 159    |   13 | 102336 9  | 568567    | 780540    |
| 30   | West Bengal   | -   | 2   |    | -   |    | 1   | 182    |   20 | 145809 1  | 103293 3  | 128818 4  |
|      | Total         | 16  | 41  | 2  | 7   | 13 | 32  | 1321 8 |  587 | 433611 89 | 228701 30 | 350518 86 |

Abbreviations:  IVF= In vitro Embryo Production Technology; NAIP Nationwide AI programme

## Details of the Gokul Grams set up in various States

| Name of the State   |   S.No. | Location of Gokul Gram                                         |
|---------------------|---------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh      |       1 | Cattle Breeding farm, Chadalawada, Prakasam district           |
| Telanagana          |       1 | PVNR Telangana Veterinary University                           |
| Karnataka           |       1 | Amrithmahal, Subcenter, Lingadahalli, Chikkamagaluru, District |
| Gujarat             |       1 | Dharampur, Dist: Porbandar                                     |
| Madhya Pradesh      |       1 | Cattle Breeding Farm, Ratona, Sagar                            |
| Maharashtra         |       2 | Bull Mother Farm , Tathwade Dist.Pune                          |
| Maharashtra         |       2 | Bull Mother Farm , Pohara Dist.Amravati                        |
| Punjab              |       1 | Bir Dosanjh Nabha                                              |
| Haryana             |       1 | Hisar                                                          |
| Himachal Pradesh    |       1 | Thanakhas District Una                                         |
| Uttar Pradesh       |       3 | DUVASU Mathura                                                 |
| Uttar Pradesh       |       3 | Arazilines Varanasi                                            |
| Uttar Pradesh       |       3 | Simra Viran, Shahjahanpur                                      |
| Arunachal Pradesh   |       1 | Tezu, Lohit                                                    |
| Chhattisgarh        |       1 | Institutional Gokul Gram Jhalam, District-Bemetra              |
| Bihar               |       1 | Dumranw, Buxar                                                 |

## Annexure-II