The Central government unveiled the department’s annual publication, the ‘Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics 2022.
The book become a tradition and important source of information in the field of Livestock.
Total milk production in the country during 2021-22 is 221.06 million tonnes.
In the current year 2021-22, the milk production has registered an annual growth rate of 5.29%.
The Top five major milk producing States are Rajasthan (15.05%), Uttar Pradesh (14.93%), Madhya Pradesh (8.06%), Gujarat (7.56%) and Andhra Pradesh (6.97%).
In 2021-22, the total egg production in the country is 129.60 billion no which has increased by 6.19% as compared to previous year.
Total five major egg producing States are Andhra Pradesh (20.41%), Tamil Nadu (16.08%), Telangana (12.86%), West Bengal (8.84%) and Karnataka (6.38%).
The total meat production in the country is 9.29 million tonnes for the year 2021-22 with an annual growth rate of 5.62%.
The total five major meat producing States are Maharashtra (12.25%), Uttar Pradesh (12.14%), West Bengal (11.63%), Andhra Pradesh (11.04%), and Telangana (10.82%).
The total wool production in the country during 2021-22 is 33.13 thousand tonnes which has decline by 10.30% as compared to previous year.
The top five major wool producing States are Rajasthan (45.91%), Jammu and Kashmir (23.19%), Gujarat (6.12%), Maharashtra (4.78%) and Himachal Pradesh (4.33%).
In 2020-21, the share of Livestock at constant prices in Agriculture Sector and total GVA was 30.13% and 4.9% respectively.