{"id":85346,"date":"2019-11-01T06:41:44","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T06:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=85346"},"modified":"2019-11-01T06:41:47","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T06:41:47","slug":"20th-livestock-census","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/20th-livestock-census\/","title":{"rendered":"20th Livestock Census"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question: As per the 20th Livestock Census done by the government, what is the total number of desi (native) breed of cows in India?<br> (a) 4.81 crores<br> (b) 4.85 crores<br> (c) 5 crores<br> (d) 4.50 crores<br> Answer: (b)<br> Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>As per the 20th Livestock Census 2019 report released on October 16 2019, there are 4.85 crores desi breed of cows in India.<\/li><li>The Department of Animal Husbandry &amp; Dairying under Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry &amp; Dairying attributes critical importance to livestock and to the related to livestock, as they are the vital component of rural economy. <\/li><li>The Livestock Census is the main source of livestock data in the country collecting up-to-date and accurate data.<\/li><li>The livestock census is conducted across the country periodically since 1919. The census usually covers all domesticated animals and head counts of these animals are taken. <\/li><li>So far, 19 Livestock Censuses were conducted in participation with State Governments and UT Administrations. The 20th Livestock Census was launched during the month of October, 2018. <\/li><li>The 20th Livestock Census was carried out in about 6.6 lakhs villages and 89 thousand urban wards across the country covering more than 27 Crores of Households and Non Household.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Some of the key outcomes of the 20th Livestock Census:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The total Livestock population is 535.78 million in the country showing an increase of 4.6% over Livestock Census2012. <\/li><li>Total Bovine population (Cattle, Buffalo, Mithun and Yak) is 302.79 Million in 2019 which shows an increase of 1.0% over the previous census. <\/li><li>The total number of cattle in the country is 192.49 million in 2019 showing an increase of 0.8 % over previous Census. <\/li><li>The Female Cattle (Cows population) is 145.12 million, increased by 18.0% over the previous census (2012). <\/li><li>There is a decline of 6 % in the total Indigenous (both descript and non-descript) Cattle population over the previous census. However, the pace of decline of Indigenous Cattle population during 2012-2019 is much lesser as compared to 2007-12 which was about 9%. <\/li><li>The total buffaloes in the country are 109.85 Million showing an increase of about 1.0% over previous Census. \uf076 <\/li><li>The total milch animals (in-milk and dry) in cows and buffaloes are 125.34 Million, an increase of 6.0 % over the previous census. <\/li><li> The collection and availability of up-to-date and accurate data in the country is 74.26 Million in 2019, increased by 14.1% over previous Census. \uf076 <\/li><li>The Goat population in the country in 2019 is 148.88 Million showing an increase of 10.1% over the previous census. <\/li><li>The total Pigs in the country are 9.06 Million in the current Census, declined by 12.03% over the previous Census. <\/li><li> The total Horses and Ponies in the country are 3.4 Lakhs in 2019, decreased by 45.6% over previous Census. <\/li><li>The total Poultry in the country is 851.81 Million in 2019, increased by 16.8% over previous Census. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/foreign-milch-cows-grow-32-while-no-growth-in-desi-milk-producers-livestock-census-2019\/article29715020.ece\">https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/foreign-milch-cows-grow-32-while-no-growth-in-desi-milk-producers-livestock-census-2019\/article29715020.ece<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/dadf.gov.in\/sites\/default\/filess\/Final-Key%20results%2009.10.2019.pdf\">http:\/\/dadf.gov.in\/sites\/default\/filess\/Final-Key%20results%2009.10.2019.pdf<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: As per the 20th Livestock Census done by the government, what is the total number of desi (native) breed of cows in India? (a) 4.81 crores (b) 4.85 crores (c) 5 crores (d) 4.50 crores Answer: (b) Related facts: As per the 20th Livestock Census 2019 report released on October 16 2019, there are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":85347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1121],"tags":[2344],"class_list":["post-85346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nnews","tag-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}