E. Livestock Development Programme:

Note: The graph is based on sample data collected covering 10% of progenies in each state.

The programme assists small and landless farmers to upgrade livestock quality through cross-breeding by artificial insemination to boost milk productivity by a factor of 6 to 9 times, leading to a threshold increase in household incomes and thereby an improvement in their economic status.

The programme also provides integrated animal husbandry services that include pre and postnatal interventions. Vaccination and health services have been provided to more than 1.70 Lakh cattle.

The graph clearly illustrates increase in milk yields and hence increase in incomes, which is the primary objective of this initiative. As compared to the mothers, the yields from the progenies was more than 50% in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar and nearly 150% in Madhya Pradesh.