Govt targets 3000 kilograms of milk per animal per year by 2030

Pashu Sandesh, 12 Feb 2025

The productivity of Indigenous bovine breeds in the country is low compared to advanced dairy nations globally and this is mainly due to the low genetic potential of dairy animals and animals are maintained on a low plane of nutrition.  However, the total productivity of Bovines in the country has increased from 1640 kilograms per animal per year in 2014-15 to 2072 kilograms per animal per year in 2023-24 that is by 26.34% which is the highest productivity gain by any country in the world.  The productivity of the Indigenous and non-descript cattle has increased from 927 kilograms per animal per year in 2014-15 to 1292 kilograms per animal per year in 2023-24, which is 39.37 %. The productivity of the buffaloes has increased from 1880 kilograms per animal per year in 2014-15 to 2161 kilograms per animal per year in 2023-24 that is by 14.94%.

Milk production in the country has increased from 146.31 Million Tonnes in 2014-15 to 239.30 Million Tonnes in 2023-24 which is by 63.55 % during the last 10 years. Rashtriya Gokul Mission envisages to achieve productivity of bovines upto 3000 kilograms of milk per animal per year by 2030. The Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Rajiv Ranjan Singh in Lok Sabha informed this.