Volume - Indian Dairy Association

21CHAPTER IIII. Growth of Animal Husbandry and Dairy Sectors2.1 The 11 th Plan document has set a target of achieving an annual growthof 6‐7 per cent in the sector as a whole with milk group achieving a growth of 5per cent per annum and meat and poultry group achieving a growth of 10 percent per annum during the Plan period. This has been considered essential forachieving an overall growth of 4 per cent in agriculture sector during theperiod.2.2 The deceleration in growth of crop sector over the years has been themajor concern which is limiting the overall growth in agricultural sector.Fortunately, the growth rate in livestock sector has been relatively steadycompensating for the slow growth in crop sector. However, a sign ofdeceleration is also seen in the livestock sector which could mainly be ascribedto sharp decline in growth of milk sector.Growth in value of Output from Livestock Sector (at 1993‐94 prices)Sl No. ItemGrowth during Plan Period (%)8 th 9 th 10 th1 Value of output from Agriculture 3.26 1.39 1.702 Value of output from livestock 4.01 3.45 3.903 Milk group 4.25 4.07 3.194 Meat group 4.17 2.70 4.915 Eggs 4.41 4.44 7.266 Wool and hair 3.51 2.93 ‐0.057 Dung 0.92 ‐0.03 3.968 Increment in stock 15.56 3.48 11.572.3 Considerable variation in growth rate of output of livestock sector isseen across different states. Except in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat,Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh which have achieved a growth of morethan 5 per cent per annum between 8 th and 10 th Plan, the growth in remainingstates have remained below 4 per cent. A slow growth in potential states likePunjab, Haryana, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Rajasthan is an issue of concernand the reasons for this need to be critically looked into.