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19/03/23 08:31 AM IST

Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics 2022

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  • Union Minister (FAHD) Shri Parshottam Rupala unveiled the department’s annual publication, the ‘Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics 2022’ recently.
Major Highlight
  • Total milk production in the country during 2021-22 is 221.06 million tonnes.
  • In the current year 2021-22, the milk production has registered an annual growth rate of 5.29%.
  • Top five major milk producing States are Rajasthan (15.05%), Uttar Pradesh (14.93%), Madhya Pradesh (8.06%), Gujarat (7.56%) and Andhra Pradesh (6.97%).
  • In 2021-22, the total egg production in the country is 129.60 billion nos which has increased by 6.19% as compared to previous year.
  • Total five major egg producing States are Andhra Pradesh (20.41%), Tamil Nadu (16.08%), Telangana (12.86%), West Bengal (8.84%) and Karnataka (6.38%).
  • The total meat production in the country is 9.29 million tonnes for the year 2021-22 with an annual growth rate of 5.62%.
  • The total five major meat producing States are Maharashtra (12.25%), Uttar Pradesh (12.14%), West Bengal (11.63%), Andhra Pradesh (11.04%), and Telangana (10.82%).
  • The total wool production in the country during 2021-22 is 33.13 thousand tonnes which has decline by 10.30% as compared to previous year.
  • The top five major wool producing States are Rajasthan (45.91%), Jammu and Kashmir (23.19%), Gujarat (6.12%), Maharashtra (4.78%) and Himachal Pradesh (4.33%).
  • The per-capita availability of milk is 444 gram/day during 2021-22 increased by 17 gram/day over previous year.
Animal Husbandry
  • Animal husbandry refers to livestock raising and selective breeding. It is the management and care of animals in which the genetic qualities and behavior of animals are further developed for profit.
  • India is the highest livestock owner of the world.
  • As per the 20th Livestock Census, the total Livestock population is 535.78 million in the country showing an increase of 4.6% over Livestock Census-2012.
Source- PIB

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