Milk Output

India's milk production rose 4 per cent to 239.30 million tonnes in 2023-24, Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Rajiv Ranjan Singh said on Tuesday. The milk output of India, the world's largest milk producer, stood at 230.58 million tonnes in 2022-23. Addressing an event to celebrate National Milk Day, he said the milk production has increased to around 239 million tonnes in 2023-24 on the back of improvement in productivity. The government released Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics 2024 on the occasion of National Milk Day 2024, which is celebrated every year on November 26 to honour the Father of white revolution, Verghese Kurien, who was born on this day. Singh said the per capita milk availability has also increased to 471 gm per day in 2023-24 from 459 gm per day in 2022-23. The minister noted that the average growth in India's milk production has been 6 per cent as against 2 per cent of the world's average. Singh emphasised the need to bring dairy far

Milk production growth rate slowed down to 3.83 per cent last fiscal year due to diseases like Lumpy Skin Disease, Parliament was informed on Tuesday. In a written reply to Lok Sabha, Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying Parshottam Rupala said, "Annual growth rate of milk production in the country has come down to 3.83 per cent in the year 2022-23 from 5.77 per cent during the year 2021-22." Milk production stood at 230.6 million tonne in 2022-23, 222.1 million tonne in 2021-22 and 210 million tonne in 2020-21. However, he said, as per the latest statistics released by Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAOSTAT) of the United Nations, India maintains the position of the largest producer of milk in the world. "Diseases like Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) was the main reason behind the slower growth of milk production in 2022-23," Rupala said.

Production of milk, egg and meat has significantly increased in 2022-23 over the past five years, though wool output during the same period has witnessed a negative growth, says a report released by Union minister Parshottam Rupala here on Sunday. The Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics 2023 report, which was released by the Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying during National Milk Day event here, is based on the Animal Integrated Sample Survey (March 2022 to February 2023). The survey is conducted across the country in three seasons, summer (March-June), monsoon (July-October) and winter (November-February). The country's total milk production is estimated at 230.58 million tonnes in 2022-23, registering a growth of 22.81 per cent compared to the figures of 2018-19 when the output was 187.75 million tonnes. According to the report, the production increased by 3.83 per cent in 2022-23 over the estimates of 2021-22. The annual growth rates in the past few years

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The country may look at importing dairy products if needed as there is a supply constraint for such items due to milk production remaining stagnant in the last fiscal, a top government official said on Wednesday. The government will intervene to import dairy products like butter and ghee, if required, after assessing the stock position of milk in Southern states, where the flushing (peak production) season has started now, he added. Milk output in the country stood at 221 million tonne in 2021-22, up 6.25 per cent from 208 million tonne in the previous year, as per the official data. Addressing a press conference, Animal Husbandry and Dairy Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh said the country's milk production remained stagnant in the 2022-23 fiscal due to lumpy skin disease in cattle, while the domestic demand grew by 8-10 per cent in the same period because of a rebound in the post-pandemic demand. "There is no constraint in milk supply as such in the country...There is an adequate ...

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The country's milk production has increased by 4.75 per cent to 53.77 million tonnes during the summer season of 2017-18 fiscal while egg, output rose by 7.4 per cent to 27.95 billion during summer season of this year, as against 26.03 billion in the year-ago period, the government said today.Milk output stood at 51.33 million tonnes in the same season in 2016-17 fiscal. In the entire last year, the overall milk output was 163.7 million tonnes.In a statement, the Agriculture Ministry said, "... even during the summer season 2017-18, the growth rate (of milk output) is higher and sustained."Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, and Andhra Pradesh are top five milk producing states in summer season, it added.The ministry said the high growth rate in milk output has been maintained over the past three years. The dairy sector is gradually picking up its momentum towards achieving higher output.The ministry said that egg output is largely contributed by commercial poultry ...

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