Lok Sabha Question No. 2553 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-02
Subject: Assistance to Goushalas
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: SAKSHI SWAMI MAHARAJ, ASHWINI KUMAR

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2553

TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 ND  AUGUST, 2016.

## ASSISTANCE TO GOUSHALAS

## 2553.  DR. SWAMI SAKSHIJI MAHARAJ: SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि और कृ िक कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of cowsheds (Gaushalas) in the country, State-wise including Uttar Pradesh;
- (b) the details of funds allocated by the Government for the Gaushalas during the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has constituted any board to provide assistance to gaushalas at State level in Uttar Pradesh;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the other steps taken by the Government to provide assistance to Gaushalas?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE (SHRI  SUDARSHAN BHAGAT)

- (a) The details of the Gaushalas State wise  including Uttar Pradesh is given at Annexure-I .
- (b) The information is being collected.
- (c) &(d) The States  have  constituted  Livestock  Development  Boards  for  implementation  of genetic  upgradation  programmes  implemented  by  Government  of  India  including  Uttar  Pradesh Livestock Development Board in Uttar Pradesh.
- (e) Provision  has  been  made  under  the  scheme  National  Programme  for  Bovine  Breeding  & Dairy Development and Rashtriya Gokul Mission for genetic upgradation of stock available with institutes or organizations including Gaushalas.

*******

Annexure-I Statement referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Sabha Unstarred Question No.  2553

for 02.08.2016

| S. No.   | State/UTs         | No. of Gaushalas under   | No. of Gaushalas under   |
|----------|-------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|          |                   | AH Deptt                 | Others                   |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | -                        | 56                       |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | -                        | -                        |
| 3        | Assam             | 0                        | 10                       |
| 4        | Bihar             | 87                       | -                        |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | -                        | 88                       |
| 6        | Goa               | -                        | 3                        |
| 7        | Gujarat           | -                        | 667                      |
| 8        | Haryana           | 2                        | 408                      |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  | 1                        | 74                       |
| 10       | Jammu &Kashmir    | -                        | 9                        |
| 11       | Jharkhand         | -                        | 27                       |
| 12       | Karnataka         | 2                        | 79                       |
| 13       | Kerala            | -                        | 1                        |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    | -                        | 628                      |
| 15       | Maharashtra       | -                        | 159                      |
| 16       | Manipur           | -                        | -                        |
| 17       | Meghalaya         | -                        | -                        |
| 18       | Mizoram           | -                        | -                        |
| 19       | Nagaland          | -                        | -                        |
| 20       | Odisha            | 1                        | 26                       |
| 21       | Punjab            | -                        | 310                      |
| 22       | Rajasthan         | 1465                     | 469                      |
| 23       | Sikkim            | -                        | -                        |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu        | -                        | -                        |
| 25       | Telengana         | -                        | 59                       |
| 25       | Tripura           | -                        | -                        |
| 26       | Uttarakhand       | 0                        | 21                       |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh     | 8                        | 478                      |
| 28       | West Bengal       | -                        | -                        |
| 29       | A&N Islands       | -                        | -                        |
| 30       | Chandigarh        | 3                        | -                        |
| 31       | D&N Haveli        | -                        | -                        |
| 32       | Daman &Diu        |                          | 3                        |
| 33       | Delhi             | 5                        | -                        |
| 34       | Lakshadweep       | -                        | -                        |
| 35       | Puducherry        | -                        | 2                        |
|          | Total             | 1574                     | 3577                     |

Source: As per Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics 2015