Statistics
India
is endowed with a significant share of the world’s livestock population.
Growing steadily and continuously. India’s livestock currently accounts
for more than half (53%) of the world’s buffaloes. 20% of goats, 15% of
cattle, 4% of sheep and poultry each and 1% of pigs. In fact, goat
population has doubled itself in the last 3 decades. While the cattle
population increased by about 1.8% in the period 1982-87, buffalo
population has grown by 10% in the same period. It needs emphasis that
cattle population has decreased by 1.6%, while buffaloes increased by 2.3%
in the next years (1987-92).
LIVESTOCK
POPULATION GROWTH IN INDIA
|
Species |
Million
Animals in Year |
|
1961 |
1972 |
1978 |
1982 |
1987 |
1992 |
|
Cattle |
175.60 |
178.30
(1.5) |
180.00
(1.0) |
192.40
(6.9) |
195.87
(1.8) |
192.65
(-1.6) |
|
Buffaloes |
51.20 |
57.40
(12.1) |
62.00
(8.0) |
69.80
(12.6) |
76.77
(10.0) |
78.55
(2.3) |
|
Sheep |
40.20 |
40.00
(-0.5) |
41.00
(2.5) |
48.80
(19.0) |
44.84
(-8.1) |
44.40
(-1.0) |
|
Goats |
60.90 |
67.50
(10.8) |
75.60
(12.0) |
95.20
(25.9) |
99.41
(4.4) |
117.00
(17.7) |
|
Pigs |
5.20 |
6.90
(32.70) |
7.60
(10.1) |
10.10
(32.9) |
10.76
(6.5) |
10.50
(-2.4) |
LIVESTOCK
PRODUCTION GROWTH
|
Commodity |
1980 |
1989 |
1992 |
|
Milk
(‘000 tonnes) |
31560.0
(17358) |
51500.0
(25955) |
60850.0
(29250) |
|
Meat
(‘000 tonnes) |
2030.0 |
3291.0 |
3769.0 |
|
Eggs
(billions) |
10.6 |
20.2 |
22.9 |
|
Wool
(million kg) |
32.0 |
41.7 |
40.6 |
All
India Pattern Outlays/Expenditure in Public Sector on Agriculture and
Allied Programmes (Eighth Plan)
|
Head
of
Develop-
ment |
Eight
plan
outlays |
1994-95 |
1995-96 |
1996-97 |
1997-98 |
|
Out-
lays |
Expen-
diture
|
Outlays |
Expen-
diture
|
Outlays |
Expendi-
ture(RE)
|
Out-
lays(BE)
|
|
Animal
Husbandry |
1530.81 |
334.64 |
278.78 |
386.41 |
281.80 |
426.25 |
403.29 |
450.57 |
|
Dairy
Development |
1307.51 |
297.50 |
245.06 |
329.51 |
79.17 |
237.65 |
165.48 |
141.47 |
|
Agril.
Research &
Education |
2017.70 |
452.30 |
453.97 |
509.05 |
469.88 |
521.34 |
539.27 |
574.52 |
PRODUCTION
OF MILK
|
Year |
Milk
Million Tonnes |
|
1996-97
(P) |
68.3 |
|
1997-98
(A) |
71.0 |
EXPORT
Of Buffalo MEAT (APEDA, 1998)
| |
1993-94 |
1994-5 |
1995-96 |
1996-97 |
|
Quantity
(million tonnes) |
101
665.80 |
116
137.57 |
359
703.91 |
157
573.99 |
|
Value
(crore) |
28.07 |
32.45 |
55.50 |
61.90 |
|
