Dr Jitendra Singh has released India’s first cattle genomic chip called ‘IndiGau’.
This is for the conservation of pure varieties of indigenous cattle breeds like, Gir, Kankrej, Sahiwal, Ongole etc.
The chip has been developed by scientists of National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (NAIB), Hyderabad, under the aegis of the Department of Biotechnology.
The chip will help in achieving the goal of conservation of our own breeds with better characters and help towards doubling farmers’ income by 2022.