Lok Sabha Question No. 1189 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-30
Subject: Cow Shelters
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Smt. Poonamben Hematbhai Maadam

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1189

TO BE ANSWERED ON 30 th  JULY, 2024

## COW SHELTERS

1189  SMT. POONAMBEN HEMATBHAI MAADAM:

Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING मत्स्यपालन , पशुपालनऔरडेयरीमंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) the details and total number of cow shelters in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has assessed the infrastructure and facilities available in cowshelters in the country, if so, the details thereof; and
- (c)  whether the  Government has established any healthcare facilities  within  cow shelters to provide treatment and care for sick cows, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

## (SHRI RAJIV RANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGH)

- (a) As per the 20 th Livestock Census data, total number of Gaushalas State-wise is as under:

## State-wise list of Gaushala in the country

|   Sl. No. | Name of the State   | Others   |
|-----------|---------------------|----------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh      | 56       |
|         2 | Arunachal Pradesh   |          |
|         3 | Assam               | 16       |
|         4 | Bihar               | 87       |
|         5 | Chhattisgarh        | 117      |

| 6         | Goa                         | 9    |
|-----------|-----------------------------|------|
| 7         | Gujarat                     | 1418 |
| 8         | Haryana                     | 640  |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh            | 221  |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir              | 36   |
| 11        | Jharkhand                   | 31   |
| 12        | Karnataka                   | 220  |
| 13        | Kerala                      | -    |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh              | 905  |
| 15        | Maharashtra                 | 222  |
| 16        | Manipur                     |      |
| 17        | Meghalaya                   |      |
| 18        | Mizoram                     | Nil  |
| 19        | Nagaland                    | -    |
| 20        | Odisha                      | 93   |
| 21        | Punjab                      | 447  |
| 22        | Rajasthan                   | 2269 |
| 23        | Sikkim                      | -    |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu                  | 75   |
| 25        | Telangana                   | 175  |
| 26        | Tripura                     |      |
| 27        | Uttarakhand                 | 34   |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh               | 582  |
| 29        | West Bengal                 |      |
| 30        | A&N Islands*                | -    |
| 31        | Chandigarh                  | 3    |
| 32        | Ladakh                      | 0    |
| 33        | D.&N. Haveli and Daman &Diu | 6    |
| 34        | Delhi                       | 4    |
| 35        | Lakshadweep                 | 0    |
| 36        | Puducherry*                 | -    |
| All India | All India                   | 7676 |

'-'Not available/ not received,

*previous year data used.

Source: State/UTs Animal Husbandry Department

(b) Being State subject, the Central Government has not assessed the infrastructure and facilities available in cow shelters in the country.

(c) The Veterinary Care and providing of health services is the mandate of the State Government. The Central Government is implementing the Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme (LH & DC) under which the State Governments are  assisted  for  disease  control  of  animals  in  the  States.  These  programmes  are equally applicable for the animals in the cow shelters. Apart from the Government scheme implemented in the States, the cow shelters also have their own health care management system.

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