Agriculture in India can be regarded as the fulcrum around which the fortunes of entire economy revolve. Agriculture accounts for 22% of the GDP and provides livelihood to 58% of the country’s population. The livestock sector contributes 6.5% to the total national income (Economic Survey, 2003-04).
The origin of livestock wealth is as old as the evolution of human society. In fact this living wealth and the human society are inter-dependent. There is no denying the fact that livestock wealth apart from being the main source of national wealth is a tool of economic prosperity especially in country like India. The union and state Government in India attach great importance to dairy development as an instrument of promoting socio-economic development of rural people, particularly the poor,landless labour and other down trodden people living below the poverty line. Milch animal rearing is directly encouraged through various dairy development programmes,government subsidy and institutional credit at subsidized rates of interest for the purchase of animals, construction of sheds and fodder, etc. The present status of livestock in general and the animal husbandry and dairying in particular has emerged out of age-old development activities. To have a clear cut idea, the dairy development activities can be studied in three phases viz., the Pre-plan or Pre-Independence Period, 1969-70 and post 1970.
The origin of livestock wealth is as old as the evolution of human society. In fact this living wealth and the human society are inter-dependent. There is no denying the fact that livestock wealth apart from being the main source of national wealth is a tool of economic prosperity especially in country like India. The union and state Government in India attach great importance to dairy development as an instrument of promoting socio-economic development of rural people, particularly the poor,landless labour and other down trodden people living below the poverty line. Milch animal rearing is directly encouraged through various dairy development programmes,government subsidy and institutional credit at subsidized rates of interest for the purchase of animals, construction of sheds and fodder, etc. The present status of livestock in general and the animal husbandry and dairying in particular has emerged out of age-old development activities. To have a clear cut idea, the dairy development activities can be studied in three phases viz., the Pre-plan or Pre-Independence Period, 1969-70 and post 1970.
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