India 2018

Agriculture 55
Egg Production:
Poultry production in the country has taken a quantum leap in
the last four decades, emerging from an unscientific farming practice to
commercial production system with state-of-the-art technological interventions.
Egg production at the end of the Tenth Plan (2006-07) was 50.70 billion as
compared to 66.45 billion at the end of the Eleventh Plan (2011-12). Currently
the total Poultry population 729.21 million (as per 19th livestock census) and
egg production is around 82.93 billion during 2015-16. The per capita availability
(2015-16) is around 66 eggs per annum. The poultry meat production is estimated
to be 3.26 million tonnes.
Wool Production: Wool production declined marginally at the end of Eleventh
Five Year Plan (2011-12) to 44.7 million kg from 45.1 million kg in the end of
Tenth Five Year Plan (2006-07). Wool production in the beginning of Twelfth
Plan (2012-13) was 46.05 million kgs and increased to 48.1 million kgs in 2014-
15 but declined to 43.6 million kgs in 2015-16. The wool production showed
negative growth during 2015-16.
Meat Production: The meat production has registered a healthy growth from
2.3 million tonnes at the end of Tenth Five Year Plan (2006-07) to 5.5 million
tonnes at the end of the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2011-12). Meat production in
the beginning of Twelfth Plan (2012-13) was 5.95 million tonnes which further
increased to 7.0 million tonnes in 2015-16.
Fisheries Production: The country has vast potential for fisheries in view of the
long coastline of about 8,118 kms apart from the inland water resources. During
the financial Year 2015-16, India has exported ` 30420.83 crore which is about
0.9 per cent of the National Gross Domestic Products (GDP) and 5.17 per cent
to the agriculture GDP (2015-16). India is the second largest producer of fish
and also second largest producer of fresh water fish in the world. Fish production
has increased from 41.57 lakh tonnes (24.47 lakh tonnes for marine and 17.10
lakh tonnes for inland fisheries) in 1991-92 to 107.90 lakh tonnes (35.8 lakh
tonnes for marine and 72.10 lakh tonnes for inland fisheries) in 2015-
16(Provisional).
National Livestock Mission
For sustainable and continuous growth of livestock sector by emulating the
success achieved in dairy and poultry sectors, across species and regions, the
National Livestock Mission was launched in 2014-15 with an approved outlay
of ` 2,800 crore during XII Plan. This Mission is formulated with the objectives
of sustainable development of livestock sector, focusing on improving
availability of quality feed and fodder, risk coverage, effective extension,
improved flow of credit and organisation of livestock farmers / rearers, etc.
with the following sub-missions: (i) sub-mission on livestock development; (ii)
sub-mission on pig development in north-eastern region; (iii) sub-mission on
fodder and feed development; and (iv) sub-mission on skill development,
technology transfer and extension.