Impact Assessment of the District Poverty Initiative Project Rajasthan

Table 2.30: Whether Animals are covered by Insurance Schemes
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Items Baran Churu Dausa Dholpur Jhalawar Rajsamand Tonk Total
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CIG member Households
Yes 38.00 18.81 41.56 38.67 57.97 27.45 32.50 35.59
No 60.00 77.23 55.84 60.00 37.68 72.55 55.00 60.24
Don’t Know 2.00 3.96 2.60 1.33 4.35 12.50 4.17
Percent 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Total 50 101 77 75 69 51 80 503
Non-CIG member Households
Yes 2.61 8.93 5.13 3.87 7.58 4.09
No 96.52 86.54 88.39 93.59 90.74 94.84 81.82 91.08
Don’t Know 0.87 13.46 2.68 1.28 9.26 1.29 10.61 4.82
Percent 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Total 115 104 112 78 54 155 66 684
Who Treat the Sick Animals
CIG member Households
Govt. Vet. 70.00 47.52 62.34 42.67 86.96 43.14 77.50 61.03
Pvt. Vet. 20.00 29.70 9.09 33.33 5.80 35.29 11.25 20.48
Traditional Vet. 10.00 22.77 28.57 24.00 7.25 21.57 11.25 18.49
Percent 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Total 50 101 77 75 69 51 80 503
CIG member Households
Govt. Vet. 59.13 40.38 46.43 46.15 68.52 57.42 62.12 53.36
Pvt. Vet. 20.87 44.23 22.32 42.31 11.11 32.26 16.67 28.51
Traditional Vet. 20.00 15.38 31.25 11.54 20.37 10.32 21.21 18.13
Percent 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Total 115 104 112 78 54 155 66 684
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Who treats the sick animals Table 2.31 reveals that it is largely the government veterinarian followed by private
veterinarian and traditional veterinarian with varying proportions of households reporting across districts. A similar
is more or less the case with non-CIG households.
Animals too are affected by worms and it affects the milk yield. For this purpose, regular de-worming is done. It is
estimated that with de-worming approximately 0.5 to 1.5 litres of milk yield increases per day. It appears that deworming
is not very common in the districts; the percentage varies between 43.59 percent in Tonk and 1.98 percent
in Churu (table 2.31). The percentage is higher among non-CIG households, though none reported it in Churu. The
pattern is similar with varying proportions. The highest proportion of households is in Jhalawar (50.94%) and the
least in Dausa (23.15%). The periodicity of de-worming is quarterly or more. In some cases it is seasonal.
Table 2.31: Whether Animals are De-wormed
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Items Baran Churu Dausa Dholpur Jhalawar Rajsamand Tonk Percent Total
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CIG member Households
Yes 20.00 1.98 34.25 31.08 60.29 31.25 43.59 30.49 150
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