Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairy has released | Agriculture Exams Library

Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairy has released the 20th #Livestock _Census report recently.


The total Livestock population is 535.78 million in the country showing an increase of 4.6% over Livestock Census-2012.

● West Bengal observed the highest increase of 23%, followed by Telangana (22%). West Bengal has seen the highest rise of 15% in cattle population.

● The total number of cattle in the country increase of 0.8 %.

● The increase is mainly driven by a sharp increase in cross-bred cattle and higher female indigenous cattle population.

● Uttar Pradesh has observed a maximum decrease in cattle population though the state has taken several steps to save cattle.

● The population of the total exotic/crossbred cattle has increased by 27%.

● Cross-bred animals contributed around 28% to India’s total milk production in 2018-19.

● The milch population of exotic and crossbred cattle such as Jersey or Holsteins shows higher(join Agriculture Exams Library Telegram channel) milk yields and thus farmers prefer animals yielding more milk.

● A decline of 6% in the total indigenous cattle population has been observed.

● India’s indigenous cattle numbers continue to decline, not with standing the government’s efforts to promote conservation of desi breeds through the Rashtriya Gokul Mission (RGM).

● The sharpest fall has been observed in the states (Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, (join Agriculture Exams Library Telegram channel) Rajasthan,Maharashtra, etc.) with tough cow slaughter laws.

● The total milch animals have shown an increase of 6%.

● Due to higher yields, foreign breeds constitute more than half the population of milch animals.

● The backyard poultry has increased by around 46%, increase in backyard poultry is a significant change in the rural landscape which shows a sign of poverty alleviation.

● Total Bovine population (Cattle, Buffalo, Mithun and Yak) has shown an increase of about 1%.

● The population of sheep, goat and Mithun grew in double digits while the count of horses and ponies, pigs, camels, donkeys, mules and yaks declined.

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