Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics (BAHS) 2024

♦ Union Minister, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh released the annual publication of ‘Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics (BAHS) 2024’ on the occasion of National Milk Day celebrated in New Delhi on November 26.

♦ Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying prepared this report. 

♦ BAHS releases the estimation of production of Milk, Egg, Meat and wool in the country annually based on the results of Integrated Sample Survey (ISS) which is conducted across the country in three seasons i.e., Summer (March-June), Rainy (July-October) and Winter (November-February).

Milk Production:

♦ The milk production in the country saw an increase of 3.78% during 2023-24 over the estimates of 2022-23.

♦ The report says that the country is estimated to produce 239.30 million tonnes of milk during 2023-24. 

♦ In 2014-15, the milk production was 146.3 million tonnes. In 2022-23, the milk production was 230.58 million tonnes. India is at the top in milk production globally and second in in egg production.

♦ The top five milk producing States during 2023-24 was Uttar Pradesh with a share of 16.21% of total milk production followed by Rajasthan (14.51%), Madhya Pradesh (8.91%), Gujarat (7.65%), and Maharashtra (6.71 %). 

Egg Production:

♦ The total Egg production in the country is estimated as 142.77 billion nos. during 2023-24 and registered a growth of 6.8% growth over the past 10 years as compared to the estimates of 78.48 billion numbers during 2014-15. Further, the production has increased annually by 3.18% during 2023-24 over 2022-23.

♦ The major contribution in the total Egg production comes from Andhra Pradesh with a share of 17.85 % of total Egg production followed by Tamil Nadu (15.64 %), Telangana (12.88%), West Bengal (11.37%) and Karnataka (6.63 %). 

Meat Production:

♦ The total Meat production in the country is estimated as 10.25 million tonnes during 2023-24 and registered a growth of 4.85 % over the past 10 years as compared to the estimates of 6.69 million tonnes in 2014-15. Further, the production was increased by 4.95 % in 2023-24 over 2022-23.

♦ It is further stated that the Major contribution in the total meat production comes from West Bengal with 12.62 % share and followed by Uttar Pradesh (12.29%), Maharashtra (11.28 %), Telangana (10.85 %) and Andhra Pradesh (10.41 %).

Wool Production:

♦ The total Wool production in the country is estimated as 33.69 million kg during 2023-24 registered a slight growth of 0.22% over last year. It was 36.76 million kg during 2019-20 and 33.61 million KG in previous year.

♦ The Major contribution in the total Wool production comes from Rajasthan with a share of 47.53% followed by Jammu & Kashmir (23.06%), Gujarat (6.18%), Maharashtra (4.75%) and Himachal Pradesh (4.22%). 

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