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Ecology & Environment
Pradeep Kumar

10/07/21 10:20 AM IST

Himalayan yaks to be insured

In news

The high-altitude yak, feeling the climate change heat across the Himalayan belt, will now be insured.

Details
  • The National Research Centre on Yak (NRCY) at Dirang in West Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh, has tied up with the National Insurance Company Ltd. for insuring their livestock.
  • “The countrywide population trend shows that yak population has been decreasing at an alarming rate.
  • Further, climate change and inexplicable changes in the weather pattern have been reported from the yak rearing areas throughout the country.
Significance
  • The insurance policy would shield the yak owners against the risks posed by weather calamities, diseases, in-transit mishaps, surgical operations and strikes or riots.
Stats

The total yak population in India is about 58,000. The Union Territories of Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir have some 26,000, followed by 24,000 in Arunachal Pradesh, 5,000 in Sikkim, 2,000 in Himachal Pradesh and about 1,000 in West Bengal and Uttarakhand.

Source: The Hindu

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