Lok Sabha Question No. 3049 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-22
Subject: e-Gopala Portal
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Brijbhushan Sharan Singh, Pratap Chandra Sarangi, Ram Kripal Yadav, Sangamlal Kadedin Gupta, Manoj Kumar Tiwari, Chandra Prakash Joshi

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

UNSTARRED  QUESTION No. 3049 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 nd  MARCH 2022

## E-GOPALA PORTAL

## 3049.  SHRI BRIJBHUSHAN SHARAN SINGH:

SHRI PRATAP CHANDRA SARANGI:

SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV

SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA:

SHRI MANOJ TIWARI:

SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI:

Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

## मत्स्यपाऱन , पशुपाऱन और डेयरी मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the purpose, objectives/salient features and importance of e-Gopala portal;
- (b) the steps being taken by the Government for digitization and integration of data of dairy farmers under the portal;
- (c)  the  number  of  animal  registration  coverage  against  the  animal  population  in  Uttar Pradesh, district-wise;
- (d) whether the Government is taking any initiative or any budget has been allocated for the active rehabilitation of stray animals; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

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

(a) and (b) Recognising the need of a digital platform to help dairy farmers for managing their animals,  the  Department  has  developed  an  android  and  web-based  application  called  'eGOAPLA'.  Hon'ble Prime Minister inaugurated the e-GOPALA App in September 2020 for direct  use  by  the  farmers.  This  application  is  available  in  12  languages  viz.  Hindi,  Gujarati, Marathi, Odiya, Kannada, Malayalam, Punjabi, Telugu, Bengali, Tamil, Assamese and English.

The application provides various information to the farmers and helps in:

- (i) It  helps farmers to formulate balanced ration for dairy animals using locally available feed  ingredients  optimising  the  feed  costs  while  increasing  productivity  and  reproductive efficacy.
- (ii) It  helps  farmers  in  management  of  nearly  29  common  ailments  of  dairy  animals  e.g. mastitis, indigestion, diarrhoea etc. using Ethno-Veterinary Medicine (EVM). This section also contains  videos  in  various  languages  on  disease  management  protocols  through  EthnoVeterinary Medicine.
- (iii) Provides digital platform for buying/selling of dairy animals, information on source of quality semen doses available for various breeds of cattle and buffaloes and contact details for availability of IVF embryos and sex-sorted semen.
- (iv) Provides real-time information on breeding, nutrition and health of their animals from INAPH.
- (vi) It provides timely alerts on due date for vaccination, pregnancy diagnosis, calving etc. as well as information about various schemes on dairying and animal husbandry.
- (vii) Farmers  can  also  directly  connect  to  call  centre  for  their  queries  on  animal  health, nutrition and breeding though this App.
- (c) The number of cattle and buffaloes registered in INAPH portal as on date against the cattle and buffalo population in the State of Uttar Pradesh, district-wise is given at Annexure I
- (d) and (e) The Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) provides financial assistance to the recognized Gaushalas/ AWOs/ NGOs/ SPCAs and Local bodies for establishment of new animal  Shelter  House,  for  maintenance  of  animal  shelters,  animals  medicines,  purchase  of medical equipment and conducting of veterinary camps etc. and rescued cattle maintenance grant  for  maintenance  of  the  animals  rescued  from  illegal  transportation/  slaughter-houses and Provision of Ambulance Services for animals in distress. Under Rashtriya Gokul Mission Government of India has been promoting is use of sex sorted semen for production of female calves  with  90%  accuracy.  The  extensive  use  of  sex  sorted  semen  will  limit  stray  cattle population in the country.

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Annexure I Cattle  and  Buffalo  registered  on  INAPH  portal  against  the  total  cattle  and  buffalo

population in the State of Uttar Pradesh district-wise (as on 15.3.2022)

|   Sl.No | District            |   Total Population (Cattle+Buffalo) |   Registered under INAPH |
|---------|---------------------|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|       1 | Agra                |                             1349586 |                   503353 |
|       2 | Aligarh             |                             1253796 |                   860755 |
|       3 | Allahabad           |                             1377514 |                   418254 |
|       4 | Ambedkar Nagar      |                              606122 |                   138457 |
|       5 | Amethi              |                              658318 |                   169748 |
|       6 | Amroha              |                              731196 |                   360686 |
|       7 | Auraiya             |                              490072 |                   124294 |
|       8 | Azamgarh            |                              938021 |                   248804 |
|       9 | Baghpat             |                              462745 |                   447997 |
|      10 | Bahraich            |                              767530 |                   259650 |
|      11 | Ballia              |                              684688 |                   225522 |
|      12 | Balrampur           |                              424049 |                   120710 |
|      13 | Banda               |                              679263 |                   187093 |
|      14 | Barabanki           |                              833592 |                   324837 |
|      15 | Bareilly            |                              942588 |                   520490 |
|      16 | Basti               |                              469502 |                   184542 |
|      17 | Bijnor              |                             1000695 |                   538447 |
|      18 | Budaun              |                             1386960 |                   691887 |
|      19 | Bulandshahr         |                             1276348 |                   719786 |
|      20 | Chandauli           |                              661510 |                   327861 |
|      21 | Chitrakoot          |                              519428 |                   164921 |
|      22 | Deoria              |                              478737 |                   324753 |
|      23 | Etah                |                              683734 |                   351931 |
|      24 | Etawah              |                              488596 |                   292720 |
|      25 | Faizabad            |                              622687 |                   229993 |
|      26 | Farrukhabad         |                              558366 |                    91311 |
|      27 | Fatehpur            |                              810316 |                   282573 |
|      28 | Firozabad           |                              809871 |                   334735 |
|      29 | Gautam Buddha Nagar |                              355849 |                   158443 |
|      30 | Ghaziabad           |                              313920 |                   214392 |
|      31 | Ghazipur            |                              892237 |                   351477 |
|      32 | Gonda               |                              816591 |                   242960 |
|      33 | Gorakhpur           |                              540621 |                   264833 |
|      34 | Hamirpur            |                              379661 |                   127256 |
|      35 | Hapur               |                              348901 |                   247354 |
|      36 | Hardoi              |                             1254746 |                   371923 |
|      37 | Hathras             |                              542225 |                   477597 |
|      38 | Jalaun              |                              561895 |                   144576 |
|      39 | Jaunpur             |                             1121394 |                   227771 |
|      40 | Jhansi              |                              533340 |                   162196 |

| 41   | Kannauj            |   665471 |   162990 |
|------|--------------------|----------|----------|
| 42   | Kanpur Dehat       |   783944 |   215094 |
| 43   | Kanpur Nagar       |   669311 |   289425 |
| 44   | Kasganj            |   607375 |   279457 |
| 45   | Kaushambi          |   540898 |   113204 |
| 46   | Kheri              |  1304966 |   428736 |
| 47   | Kushi Nagar        |   335418 |   304796 |
| 48   | Lalitpur           |   656257 |   153545 |
| 49   | Lucknow            |   500996 |   383470 |
| 50   | Maharajganj        |   249732 |   162042 |
| 51   | Mahoba             |   276836 |   166753 |
| 52   | Mainpuri           |   732551 |   270130 |
| 53   | Mathura            |   790792 |   229849 |
| 54   | Mau                |   366015 |   132600 |
| 55   | Meerut             |   760289 |   563433 |
| 56   | Mirzapur           |   798770 |   286167 |
| 57   | Moradabad          |   585654 |   290714 |
| 58   | Muzaffarnagar      |   750971 |   497634 |
| 59   | Pilibhit           |   380665 |   161926 |
| 60   | Pratapgarh         |  1200278 |   228216 |
| 61   | Rae Bareli         |   855550 |   406771 |
| 62   | Rampur             |   459676 |   154802 |
| 63   | Saharanpur         |   738477 |   379685 |
| 64   | Sambhal            |   885906 |   270257 |
| 65   | Sant Kabeer Nagar  |   228699 |   107553 |
| 66   | Sant Ravidas Nagar |   369068 |   129779 |
| 67   | Shahjahanpur       |   866530 |   205587 |
| 68   | Shamli             |   371177 |   225510 |
| 69   | Shravasti          |   334421 |    93515 |
| 70   | Siddharth Nagar    |   280016 |    84227 |
| 71   | Sitapur            |  1154104 |   405384 |
| 72   | Sonbhadra          |   698701 |   340533 |
| 73   | Sultanpur          |   678491 |   219941 |
| 74   | Unnao              |   980677 |   262250 |
| 75   | Varanasi           |   550534 |   174742 |
|      | Total              | 52036426 | 21217605 |