Context:
Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying released Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics 2023 during National Milk Day event.
National Milk Day is celebrated every year on November 26 to commemorate the birth anniversary of the ‘Father of the White Revolution in India’, Dr. Verghese Kurien also known as the Milkman of India.
Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics 2023:
- Survey of milk, egg, meat and wool production in India.
- Based on Animal Integrated Sample Survey (ISS)
- Conducted in 3 seasons – summer (March-June), monsoon (July-October) and winter (November-February).
Survey Highlights:
| Milk Production | Egg Production | Meat Production | Wool Production | |
| Total Production | 230.58 million tonnes | 138.38 billion nos. | 9.77million tonnes | 33.61 million kg |
| Trend | Increase in production by 3.83%. | Increase in production by 6.77%. | Increase in production by 5.13%. | Increase in production by 2.12%. |
| Top producing States | Uttar Pradesh>Rajasthan>Madhya Pradesh | Andhra Pradesh>Tamil Nadu>Telangana | Uttar Pradesh >West Bengal>Maharashtra | Rajasthan >Jammu & Kashmir>Gujarat |
| States with high annual growth rate (AGR) | Karnataka>West Bengal>Uttar Pradesh | West Bengal>Sikkim>Uttar Pradesh | Sikkim>Meghalaya>Goa | Arunachal Pradesh>Rajasthan>Jharkhand |
Production of milk, egg and meat has significantly gone up in 2022-23 over the past five years, although wool output in the same period has witnessed a negative growth.
Source: PIB
Previous Year Question
Consider the following statements:
1. The quantity of imported edible oils is more than the domestic production of edible oils in the last five years.
2. The Government does not impose any customs duty on all the imported edible oils as a special case.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
[UPSC Civil Services Exam – 2018 Prelims]
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: (a)
