Lok Sabha Question No. 3342 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-21
Subject: Conservation of Indigenous Cow Breeds
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3342

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST  MARCH, 2023

## CONSERVATION OF INDIGENOUS COW BREEDS

## 3342. COL. RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE:

## Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

मत्स्यपालन

,

पशुपालन

be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the Rashtriya Gokul Mission for conservation of indigenous cow breeds, any breeds  covered  under  the  scheme  along  with  the  fund  allocation  since  its  inception,  yearwise;
- (b)  the  details  of  Gaushalas  in  Rajasthan  assisted  by  Animal  Welfare  Board  of  India  for development and conservation of indigenous breeds of cattle, during the last five years;
- (c) the contribution of the Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund in boosting milk production to strengthen dairy sector and Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund;
- (d) the number of doses of FMD vaccine supplied to Rajasthan in National Animal Disease Control Programme for Foot and Mouth Disease and Brucellosis during the last three years; and
- (e) the amount of fund allocated to the National Livestock Mission and Livestock Health & Disease Control Programme during the said period?

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

(a)  The  Department  of  Animal  Husbandry  and  Dairying  is  implementing  Rashtriya  Gokul Mission  for  development  and  conservation  of  indigenous  breeds,  genetic  upgradation  of bovine  population  and  enhancement  of  milk  production  and  productivity  of  bovines  since 2014.  The  scheme  is  continued  under  revised  realigned  schemes  of  the  Department  from 2021-2022 to 2025-2026 with an allocation of Rs.2400 crore.  All the indigenous breeds of cattle  and  indigenous  breeds  of  buffalo  are  covered  under  the  scheme.  Details  of  funds released under Rashtriya Gokul Mission since inception of the scheme year wise are as under: (Rs in lakh)

|   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|     15902 |   8176.07 |   11875.1 |   18763.8 |   75043.6 |   26973.8 |   39990.7 |   66355.3 |   41564.1 |

और

डेयरी

मंत्री

- (b) The Animal Welfare Board of India is not assisting Gaushalas for development and conservation of indigenous breeds. However, details of Gaushals assisted by Animal Welfare Board of India in Rajasthan is at Annexure-I.
- (c) The Dairy Processing Infrastructure Development Fund is playing an important role in  creating  infrastructure  and  modernization  of  existing  infrastructure  for  milk  processing, marketing  and  value  addition  with  dairy  cooperatives  in  the  country.  Animal  Husbandry Infrastructure  Development  Fund  (AHIDF)  facilitating  incentivisation  of  investments  in creating dairy processing and value addition infrastructure in addition to other components and subcomponent of the scheme in private sector.
- (d) Details of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccine supplied to Rajasthan during the last three years is as under:

(in lakh doses)

|   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|    281.35 |      19.8 |    155.97 |

- (e) The amount of fund allocated to the National Livestock Mission and Livestock Health & Disease Control Programme during the last three years year wise is given in the following table:

(Rs in lakh)

| Scheme                                                                                     |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| National Livestock Mission                                                                 |       425 |    288    |    350    |
| Livestock Health & Disease Control Programme and National Animal Disease Control Programme |      1108 |    910.73 |   1390.02 |

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## Annexure-I

## Details of Gaushalas/ Animal Welfare Organizations assisted in the State of Rajasthan for the year from 2017-18 to 2021-22

| Scheme Name            | 2017-18                | 2017-18        | 2018-19                | 2018-19        | 2019-20                | 2019-20        | 2020-21                | 2020-21        | 2021-22                | 2021-22        |
|------------------------|------------------------|----------------|------------------------|----------------|------------------------|----------------|------------------------|----------------|------------------------|----------------|
|                        | No. of AWOs/ Gaushalas | Amount in Lakh | No. of AWOs/ Gaushalas | Amount in Lakh | No. of AWOs/ Gaushalas | Amount in Lakh | No. of AWOs/ Gaushalas | Amount in Lakh | No. of AWOs/ Gaushalas | Amount in Lakh |
| Regular Grant          | 23                     | 12.12          | 56                     | 83.35          | 67                     | 66.00          | 73                     | 36.23          | 77                     | 50.34          |
| Shelter Grant          | 2                      | 14.64          | 7                      | 62.74          | 5                      | 50.85          | 4                      | 38.56          | 4                      | 36.57          |
| Ambulance Grant        | 0                      | 0              | 6                      | 26.17          | 1                      | 3.95           | 3                      | 13.50          | 3                      | 13.24          |
| Natural Calamity Grant | 0                      | 0              | 0                      | 0              | 0                      | 0              | 1                      | 0.50           | 0                      | 0              |
| Total                  | 25                     | 26.76          | 69                     | 174.26         | 73                     | 120.80         | 81                     | 88.79          | 84                     | 100.15         |