Lok Sabha Question No. 1273 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-27
Subject: Artificial Insemination
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Hemant Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1273 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27 TH  JULY 2021

## ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION

1273.  SHRI HEMANT SRIRAM PATIL:

Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING मत्स्यपाऱन , पशुपाऱन और डेयरी मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of Government and private semen banks at present in the country which have been producing foreign semen for cow and buffales for the last five years, State-wise;
- (b) Whether any monitoring of the breeds produced with the assistance of these semen banks is undertaken by the Government;

(c) if so, the number of cows and buffaloes produced through artificial insomination with the asistance of these semen banks and the total cost involved therein breed-wise; and (d) the details in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) As per the reports received from the States there are 59  Government and private semen banks in the country producing  semen doses of indigenous breeds of cattle and buffalo and exotic breeds of cattle. State wise details of the semen doses produced from exotic breeds of cattle during the last five years is given at Annexure-I.
- (b)  to  (d)      No,  Sir.  However,  under  the  component  of  Nationwide  Artificial  Insemination Programme  (NAIP)  of  the  scheme  Rashtriya  Gokul  Mission,  monitoring  has  been  done through  online  reporting  at     Information  Network  for  Animal  Productivity  and  Health ( INAPH ) portal  http://inaph.nddb.coop/.  Under  the  Nation  Wide  AI  Programme  a  total  of 1.81  crore  cattle  and  buffaloes  have  been  covered,  2.22  crore  artificial  inseminations performed with an assistance of Rs.300.45 crore. Data on number of progenies born under the programme is being uploaded so far data on 4.65 lakh calves born under the programme has been uploaded on the INAPH data base.

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## Details of Foreign semen produced for cows and buffaloes last five years State-wise

| Sr. No.   | State            |   Total No. of exotic semen doses produced ( in Lakh) |
|-----------|------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh   |                                                 47.59 |
| 2         | Assam            |                                                 24.25 |
| 3         | Bihar            |                                                  0.13 |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh     |                                                  8.3  |
| 5         | Gujarat          |                                                228.93 |
| 6         | Haryana          |                                                 39.64 |
| 7         | Himachal Pradesh |                                                 30.57 |
| 8         | Jammu &Kashmir   |                                                 30.22 |
| 9         | Karnataka        |                                                293.75 |
| 10        | Kerala           |                                                 42.34 |
| 11        | Madhya Pradesh   |                                                 43.08 |
| 12        | Maharashtra      |                                                324.74 |
| 13        | Meghalaya        |                                                 21.83 |
| 14        | Odisha           |                                                 12    |
| 15        | Punjab           |                                                 57.81 |
| 16        | Rajasthan        |                                                 22.8  |
| 17        | Tamil Nadu       |                                                255    |
| 18        | Telangana        |                                                 46.01 |
| 19        | Uttarakhand      |                                                 60.68 |
| 20        | Uttar Pradesh    |                                                168.44 |
| 21        | West Bengal      |                                                 23.57 |
|           | TOTAL            |                                               1781.66 |