Sex Sorted Semen Laboratory

Sex sorted Simen Prayogshala

Question: Recently, Uttarakhand chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat and Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh unveiled the Sexed Sorted Semen Laboratory. Consider the following and chose one which is wrong in this regard?
(a) Sex-Sorted Semen Laboratory has been established in the Deep Frozen Semen Production CentreShyampur, Uttarakhand.
(b) Laboratory has been set up as part of the Rashtriya Gokul Mission.
(c) This sex semen center will be the second state institution in the country.
(d) In this center, techniques for generating female calves through artificial insemination will be developed.

Answer- (c) 
Related Facts:

  • Sex-Sorted Semen Laboratory has been established in the Deep Frozen Semen Production CentreShyampur, Rishikesh Uttarakhand.
  • Laboratory has been set up as part of the Rashtriya Gokul Mission.
  • This sex semen center will be the first state institution in the country.
  • In this center, techniques for generating female calves through artificial insemination will be developed.
  • Test centre is aimed to produce high milk yielding indigenous varieties of cows and buffaloes
  • On this occasion, the Chief Minister informed that the international level Convention Center will be set up in Rishikesh.

Reference:                                                                         
http://www.cm.uk.gov.in/upload/pressrelease/Pressrelease-2573.pdf