{"id":89217,"date":"2019-08-10T17:34:08","date_gmt":"2019-08-10T12:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=9042"},"modified":"2019-08-10T17:34:08","modified_gmt":"2019-08-10T12:04:08","slug":"latest-count-is-in-desi-cattle-numbers-continue-to-go-downhill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/latest-count-is-in-desi-cattle-numbers-continue-to-go-downhill\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest count is in: Desi cattle numbers continue to go downhill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>According to the provisional 2019 Livestock\nCensus report, India\u2019s total population of indigenous and nondescript cattle is\nestimated at 139.82 million. This is a 7.5% decrease from 2012 indigenous\ncattle population.<\/li><li>In contrary, the exotic and crossbred cattle\npopulation has increased by 29.5%.<\/li><li>The Indian government had launched Rashritya\nGokul Mission in 2014. The mission aims at development of indigenous cattle\n(through selection of high genetic merit bulls for breeding). It also seeks upgradation\nof nondescript animals (by using elite indigenous breeds such as Gir, Sahiwal).<\/li><li>In 2019, the government has also established Rashtriya\nKamdhenu Aayog. It seeks for conservation protection and development of cows\nand their progeny.<\/li><li>The Livestock Census is conducted by the Animal\nHusbandry Statistic Division, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and\nFisheries, Ministry of Agriculture and Framers Welfare. <\/li><li>The 2019 Livestock Census estimated India\u2019s\ntotal livestock population at 533.20 million.<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the provisional 2019 Livestock Census report, India\u2019s total population of indigenous and nondescript cattle is estimated at 139.82 million. This is a 7.5% decrease from 2012 indigenous cattle population. In contrary, the exotic and crossbred cattle population has increased by 29.5%. The Indian government had launched Rashritya Gokul Mission in 2014. The mission&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/latest-count-is-in-desi-cattle-numbers-continue-to-go-downhill\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Latest count is in: Desi cattle numbers continue to go downhill<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1760],"tags":[3889],"class_list":["post-89217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-polity-and-nation","tag-livestock-census","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1703350695},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89217","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\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89217\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}