Lok Sabha Question No. 1990 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-11
Subject: Milch Cattle
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Shri Anup Sanjay Dhotre

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1990 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11 TH  MARCH 2025

## MILCH CATTLE

1990. SHRI ANUP SANJAY DHOTRE:

Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

मत्स्यपालन , पशुपालन और डेयरी मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of milch cattle at present in the country, State-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has taken/is taking steps to increase the number of milch cattle, if so, the details thereof including various schemes in this regard, State-wise;
- (c)  the  steps  taken  and  the  details  of  the  financial  assistance  being  provided  and  released  to encourage/develop dairy industry in the country along with the conditions for eligibility during the last four years, State/district-wise including Akola district of Maharashtra;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  has  allocated  funds  to  small  farmers  for  cattle  rearing  or  dairy industry, if so, the details thereof along with the details of amount of funds provided thereof during the last three years, State/district-wise including Akola district of Maharashtra; and
- (e) the details of the percentage increase in the income of farmers, State/district-wise especially in Akola district of Maharashtra?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

(PROF. S. P. SINGH BAGHEL)

- (a) As per 20 th Livestock Census country has 74.59 million milch cattle including in milk and dry.  Increase  in  milch  cattle  population  during  19 th and  20 th livestock  census  is  given  in  the following table. The details of milch cattle State wise is at Annexure-I.
- (b) and (c) In order to complement and supplement the efforts made by the States and Union Territories to increase number of milch cattle Government of India has taken following steps under the scheme Rashtriya Gokul Mission across the country:
- (i) Nationwide Artificial Insemination Programme: Under the Rashtriya Gokul Mission, the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying is expanding artificial insemination coverage to boost  the  milk  production  and  productivity  of  bovines,  including  indigenous  breeds  thereby increasing milch cattle population in the country.

|   Milch Cattle as per 19 th Livestock Census in million |   Milch Cattle as per 20 th Livestock Census in million |   %of change |
|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
|                                                   67.54 |                                                   74.59 |        10.44 |

(ii) The  Department  of  Animal  Husbandry  and  Dairying  has  established  sex  sorted  semen production  facilities  and  implementing  Accelerated  Breed  Improvement  Programme  using  sex sorted semen with the aim to produce female calves up to 90% accuracy thereby enhancing milch cattle population, breed improvement and farmers' income. Government has launched indigenously developed sex sorted semen technology to deliver sex sorted semen at reasonable rates to farmers.

(iii) Implementation of In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF) Technology: To propagate elite animals of indigenous  breeds,  the  Department  has  established  22  IVF  laboratories.  The  technology  has important role in genetic upgradation of bovine population in single generation. Further, to deliver technology at reasonable rates to farmers Government has launched IVF media.

- (iv) In order to produce high Genetic merit bulls of Indigenous breeds, Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying is implementing Progeny Testing and Pedigree Selection programme. Progeny testing is implemented for Gir, Sahiwal breeds of cattle, and Murrah, Mehsana breeds of buffaloes. Under the Pedigree selection programme Rathi, Tharparkar, Hariana, Kankrej breeds of cattle and Jaffarabadi, Nili Ravi, Pandharpuri and Banni breeds of buffalo are covered.
- (v) Genomic  Selection:    To  select  High  Genetic  Merit  (HGM)  animals  and  to  accelerate genetic  improvement  of  cattle  and  buffaloes,  the  Department  has  developed  unified  genomic chips-Gau Chip for indigenous cattle and Mahish Chip for buffaloes-specifically designed for initiating genomic selection of high genetic animals in the country.
- (vi) Multi-purpose Artificial Insemination Technicians in Rural India (MAITRIs): Under the scheme MAITRIs are trained and equipped to deliver quality Artificial Insemination services at farmers' doorstep. During the last 3 years 38,736 MAITRIs have been trained and equipped under Rashtriya Gokul Mission.

The  Rashtriya  Gokul  Mission  is  implemented  across  the  country  including  Akola  District  of Maharashtra. The details of the financial assistance made available State wise is at Annexure-II.

- (d) Under Nationwide AI programme Artificial insemination services are delivered free of cost at  the  farmers  doorstep.  The  details  of  number  of  animals  covered,  Artificial  Insemination performed and number of farmers benefited including Akola District of Maharashtra is given at Annexure-III.

(e) No specific information is available. However, with the implementation of Rashtriya Gokul Mission and other measures taken by the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, milk production in the country has increased from 146.31 Million Tonnes in 2014-15 to 239.30 Million Tonnes in 2023-24 that is by 63.55 % during the last 10 years. The total productivity of Bovines in the country has increased from 1640 kilograms per animal per year in 2014-15 to 2072 kilograms per animal per year in 2023-24 that is by 26.34% which is the highest productivity gain by any country in the world.  The benefit of the scheme has been accruing to all farmers engaged in dairying in terms of enhancement in milk production and productivity of bovines.  As per National Account Statistics 2024, value of output of milk is increased from 4.95 lakh crore in 2014-15 to 11.16 lakh crore during 2022-23.

## Annexure-I

| Details of In-Milch (In milk+Dry) Cattle (Rural and Urban) as per 20 th Livestock Census   | Details of In-Milch (In milk+Dry) Cattle (Rural and Urban) as per 20 th Livestock Census   | Details of In-Milch (In milk+Dry) Cattle (Rural and Urban) as per 20 th Livestock Census   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No.                                                                                      | State/ UT                                                                                  | Total In-milch cattle (In milk+Dry) (Actual Numbers)                                       |
| 1                                                                                          | A&N Islands                                                                                | 14760                                                                                      |
| 2                                                                                          | Andhra Pradesh                                                                             | 1760991                                                                                    |
| 3                                                                                          | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                          | 76535                                                                                      |
| 4                                                                                          | Assam                                                                                      | 3360630                                                                                    |
| 5                                                                                          | Bihar                                                                                      | 6591370                                                                                    |
| 6                                                                                          | Chandigarh                                                                                 | 7460                                                                                       |
| 7                                                                                          | Chhattisgarh                                                                               | 2835721                                                                                    |
| 8                                                                                          | D&N Haveli*                                                                                | 3376                                                                                       |
| 9                                                                                          | Daman &Diu*                                                                                | 705                                                                                        |
| 10                                                                                         | Delhi                                                                                      | 42182                                                                                      |
| 11                                                                                         | Goa                                                                                        | 27015                                                                                      |
| 12                                                                                         | Gujarat                                                                                    | 4223012                                                                                    |
| 13                                                                                         | Haryana                                                                                    | 836548                                                                                     |
| 14                                                                                         | Himachal Pradesh                                                                           | 886108                                                                                     |
| 15                                                                                         | Jammu &Kashmir                                                                             | 1154461                                                                                    |
| 16                                                                                         | Jharkhand                                                                                  | 3093762                                                                                    |
| 17                                                                                         | Karnataka                                                                                  | 3788530                                                                                    |
| 18                                                                                         | Kerala                                                                                     | 668997                                                                                     |
| 19                                                                                         | Lakshadweep                                                                                | 740                                                                                        |
| 20                                                                                         | Madhya Pradesh                                                                             | 6788245                                                                                    |
| 21                                                                                         | Maharashtra                                                                                | 5433669                                                                                    |
| 22                                                                                         | Manipur                                                                                    | 57437                                                                                      |
| 23                                                                                         | Meghalaya                                                                                  | 246090                                                                                     |
| 24                                                                                         | Mizoram                                                                                    | 15908                                                                                      |
| 25                                                                                         | Nagaland                                                                                   | 15649                                                                                      |
| 26                                                                                         | Odisha                                                                                     | 2940487                                                                                    |
| 27                                                                                         | Puducherry                                                                                 | 33212                                                                                      |
| 28                                                                                         | Punjab                                                                                     | 1461793                                                                                    |
| 29                                                                                         | Rajasthan                                                                                  | 6331640                                                                                    |
| 30                                                                                         | Sikkim                                                                                     | 61049                                                                                      |
| 31                                                                                         | Tamil Nadu                                                                                 | 4505079                                                                                    |
| 32                                                                                         | Telangana                                                                                  | 1289806                                                                                    |
| 33                                                                                         | Tripura                                                                                    | 273135                                                                                     |
| 34                                                                                         | Uttar Pradesh                                                                              | 8540455                                                                                    |
| 35                                                                                         | Uttarakhand                                                                                | 782167                                                                                     |
| 36                                                                                         | West Bengal                                                                                | 6439350                                                                                    |
|                                                                                            | All India                                                                                  | 74588074                                                                                   |

*as mentioned in 20 th Livestock Census

(Source:

20 th Livestock Census-2019 All India Report)

## Funds Released under RGM during last 4 years (Rs. In Lakh)

|   SN | State/UT/ NDDB                           |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |
|------|------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|    1 | Andhra Pradesh                           |   3181.38 |   5652.39 |   1546    |   3538.38 |
|    2 | Arunachal Pradesh                        |   1240.8  |    397.08 |    467.16 |   1965.31 |
|    3 | Assam                                    |      0    |    227.97 |   3658.19 |    723.25 |
|    4 | Bihar                                    |   7401.08 |   3076.14 |   4928.63 |      0    |
|    5 | Chhattisgarh                             |    101.25 |    841.65 |    402    |      0    |
|    6 | Goa                                      |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
|    7 | Gujarat                                  |    101.25 |   2735.31 |   2222.82 |   6542.58 |
|    8 | Haryana                                  |   1796.39 |   1775.6  |   1173.66 |      0    |
|    9 | Himachal Pradesh                         |    484.25 |   5586.58 |      0    |      0    |
|   10 | Jammu &Kashmir                           |     81    |   1533.93 |   2539.35 |      0    |
|   11 | Jharkhand                                |    101.25 |   2244.53 |   1500    |      0    |
|   12 | Karnataka                                |    101.25 |   1996.46 |   3562.48 |   2651.31 |
|   13 | Kerala                                   |    313    |    314    |   1284.12 |   6546.27 |
|   14 | Madhya Pradesh                           |   2113.44 |   6024.96 |   9049.51 |   4903    |
|   15 | Maharashtra                              |    202.5  |      0    |      0    |   3261.5  |
|   16 | Manipur                                  |    500.64 |    294.98 |    166.69 |      0    |
|   17 | Meghalaya                                |   2039.22 |    738.21 |      0    |      0    |
|   18 | Mizoram                                  |    268.28 |    154.11 |    138.69 |    847.37 |
|   19 | Nagaland                                 |    372.06 |    494.7  |    608.86 |    466.2  |
|   20 | Orissa                                   |      0    |   3480.43 |   1374.25 |      0    |
|   21 | Punjab                                   |    714.13 |      0    |    232    |      0    |
|   22 | Rajasthan                                |    405    |   2254.77 |    250    |    250    |
|   23 | Sikkim                                   |      0    |    268.78 |    572.42 |   1097.87 |
|   24 | Tamil Nadu                               |   2168.38 |   2663    |   3347    |  10996    |
|   25 | Telangana                                |    202.5  |   2439.76 |      0    |   3153.13 |
|   26 | Tripura                                  |      0    |   2524.17 |      0    |      0    |
|   27 | Uttar Pradesh                            |   1012.5  |   2941.36 |   7671.25 |   9642.18 |
|   28 | Uttarakhand                              |   3023.45 |   2115.44 |   1885.75 |   6083    |
|   29 | West Bengal                              |    202.5  |   1213.37 |   2037.35 |   6500    |
|   30 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands              |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
|   31 | Chandigarh                               |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
|   32 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
|   33 | Delhi (NCT)                              |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
|   34 | Lakshadweep                              |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
|   35 | Ladakh                                   |    105    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
|   36 | Puducherry                               |      0    |    144.44 |      0    |      0    |
|   37 | NDDB                                     |  11618.9  |  12042.9  |   8893.76 |  16782.6  |

## State wise status of implementation of NAIP

| State/UT                               | Total Animals inseminated   | Total AI Done   | Total Farmers benefitted   |
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------|----------------------------|
| ANDHRA PRADESH                         | 6739038                     | 12048501        | 3254535                    |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH                      | 3598                        | 4053            | 1705                       |
| ASSAM                                  | 1559269                     | 1950297         | 1340396                    |
| BIHAR                                  | 3408483                     | 4479389         | 2439557                    |
| CHHATTISGARH                           | 1761798                     | 2279156         | 1075532                    |
| GOA                                    | 22889                       | 37055           | 8052                       |
| GUJARAT                                | 5305779                     | 8272636         | 3249859                    |
| HARYANA                                | 598382                      | 847134          | 438493                     |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH                       | 1726336                     | 2681892         | 1284031                    |
| JAMMU&KASHMIR                          | 2210192                     | 3689767         | 1511953                    |
| JHARKHAND                              | 2446101                     | 3129541         | 1702127                    |
| KARNATAKA                              | 7720912                     | 14098447        | 5001758                    |
| LADAKH                                 | 6455                        | 7653            | 5332                       |
| KERALA                                 | -                           | -               | -                          |
| MADHYAPRADESH                          | 7164866                     | 8531700         | 4350184                    |
| MAHARASHTRA                            | 5171243                     | 6736538         | 3423725                    |
| MANIPUR                                | 23732                       | 26619           | 13470                      |
| MEGHALAYA                              | 49003                       | 76047           | 16161                      |
| MIZORAM                                | 8068                        | 10699           | 3828                       |
| NAGALAND                               | 34453                       | 40182           | 13983                      |
| ODISHA                                 | 4653761                     | 6110079         | 2948752                    |
| PUNJAB                                 | 1195739                     | 1896192         | 636970                     |
| RAJASTHAN                              | 5479876                     | 7047197         | 3903058                    |
| SIKKIM                                 | 38667                       | 46370           | 29714                      |
| TAMIL NADU                             | 4657474                     | 7573541         | 2235169                    |
| TELANGANA                              | 3008075                     | 3768565         | 1578248                    |
| TRIPURA                                | 213835                      | 267109          | 183083                     |
| UTTAR PRADESH                          | 12544074                    | 18576007        | 7270391                    |
| UTTARANCHAL                            | 1379444                     | 2095196         | 993222                     |
| WEST BENGAL                            | 4837248                     | 7147931         | 3259977                    |
| ANDAMANAND NICOBAR ISLANDS             | -                           | -               | -                          |
| CHANDIGARH                             | -                           | -               | -                          |
| DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELIANDDAMAN AND DIU | -                           | -               | -                          |
| DELHI (NCT)                            | -                           | -               | -                          |
| LAKSHADWEEP                            | -                           | -               | -                          |
| PUDUCHERRY                             | -                           | -               | -                          |
| TOTAL                                  | 83968790                    | 123475493       | 52173265                   |