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Source:<\/strong> This post on Increasing Milk Production in India has been created based on the article \u201cBull semen imports are a pragmatic experiment\u201d<\/strong> published in \u201c\u201d on 23rd<\/sup> January 2024.<\/p>\n UPSC Syllabus Topic: <\/strong>GS Paper 3 Agriculture \u2013 Economics of animal-rearing.<\/p>\n Bull Semen Imports Are A Pragmatic Experiment, <\/b>The article discusses the status of milk production in India. It also highlights the recent initiative to increase milk production in India, and the associated challenges.<\/p>\n India is the largest producer of milk in the world. In 2022-23, the country produced 230.6 million tonnes of milk.<\/p>\n However, since all of it gets consumed within India, India is not a major exporter. Thus, there is a need to scale up India’s dairy farming sector to meet rising domestic demand and serve overseas markets.<\/p>\n In this regard, the government is aiming for 330 million tonnes of annual milk output by 2033-34.<\/p>\n 1) Increasing the number of cattle.<\/strong><\/p>\n 2) Increasing milk producing capacity of Indian cattle.<\/strong><\/p>\n According to the author, it is more efficient to increase the milk producing capacity of our existing livestock.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Challenges of Female Labour Force Participation (<\/a><\/p>\n India balancing economic growth with climate actio<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB)<\/a> is importing 40,000 doses of Gir bull semen from Brazil for domestic insemination to raise milk volumes.<\/p>\n The Gir breed is claimed to be capable of producing as much as 40 litres of milk every day per animal. Even its average of 20-22 litres daily<\/strong> would exceed Indian cattle\u2019s usual average (estimated at 8 litres per day<\/strong>).<\/p>\n Thus, having these genes in the local bovine population could boost milk supply without the need of cattle farm expansion.<\/p>\n Note:<\/strong> The Gir cow is a breed of cattle that originated in the Kathiawar peninsula of western India. Gir cows were imported to Brazil between 1870 and 1962.<\/p>\n Thus, according to the author, India\u2019s dairy board is right in importing Gir bull genes from Brazil so that milk output gets a boost.<\/p>\n Question for practice:<\/strong><\/p>\n India is the largest milk producer, but not a major exporter. In this context, what steps are being taken to increase milk producing capacity of Indian cattle? Critically analyse them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source: This post on Increasing Milk Production in India has been created based on the article \u201cBull semen imports are a pragmatic experiment\u201d published in \u201c\u201d on 23rd January 2024. UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 3 Agriculture \u2013 Economics of animal-rearing. Bull Semen Imports Are A Pragmatic Experiment, The article discusses the status of milk… Continue reading Bull Semen Imports Are A Pragmatic Experiment – Increasing Milk Production in India<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":279414,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230],"tags":[218,216],"class_list":["post-279312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","tag-agriculture","tag-gs-paper-3","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Bull-Semen-Imports-Are-A-Pragmatic-Experiment.webp?fit=1280%2C1000&ssl=1","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What is The Status of Milk Production in India?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
How can Milk Production be Increased?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Want To Read More Topics-\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n
What Steps Are Being Taken to Increase Milk Producing Capacity of Indian Cattle?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
What are The Issues with This Initiative?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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