India’s milk and egg production up by 3% during 2023-24

Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh, also known as Lalan Singh, released the annual publication of ‘Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics 2024’

According to the Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics (BAHS) 2024, the country’s total milk production is projected to reach 239.30 million tonnes in 2023-24. This represents a growth of 5.62 per cent over the past decade, up from 146.3 million tonnes in 2014-15. Additionally, milk production has increased by 3.78 percent in 2023-24 compared to the estimates for 2022-23.

The country is estimated to produce 142.77 billion eggs in 2023-24, marking a growth of 6.8 per cent over the past ten years, compared to the 78.48 billion eggs produced in 2014-15. Furthermore, egg production has risen by 3.18 per cent in 2023-24 compared to 2022-23.

Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh, also known as Lalan Singh, released the annual publication of ‘Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics 2024’ from the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying in New Delhi, coinciding with the celebration of National Milk Day. Ministers of State, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & DairyingProf. S P SinghBaghel and George Kurian along with. Alka Upadhyay, Secretary DAHD and other dignitaries also graced the occasion.

As mentioned in the report, the top five milk producing States during 2023-24 was Uttar Pradesh with a share of 16.21 per cent of total milk production followed by Rajasthan (14.51 per cent), Madhya Pradesh (8.91 per cent), Gujarat (7.65 per cent), and Maharashtra (6.71 per cent). In terms of annual growth rate (AGR), the highest AGR recorded by West Bengal (9.76 per cent) followed by Jharkhand (9.04 per cent), Chhattisgarh (8.62 per cent) and Assam (8.53 per cent) over the previous year.

The major contribution to the total Egg production comes from Andhra Pradesh with a share of 17.85 per cent of total Egg production followed by Tamil Nadu (15.64 per cent), Telangana (12.88 per cent), West Bengal (11.37 per cent) and Karnataka (6.63 per cent). In terms of AGR, the highest growth rate was recorded by Ladakh (75.88 per cent) followed by Manipur (33.84 per cent) and Uttar Pradesh (29.88 per cent).

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 per cent in 2023-24 over 2022-23.

It is further stated that the Major contribution in the total meat production comes from West Bengal with a 12.62 per cent share followed by Uttar Pradesh (12.29 per cent), Maharashtra (11.28 per cent), Telangana (10.85 per cent) and Andhra Pradesh (10.41 per cent). In terms of annual growth rate, the highest Annual Growth Rate (AGR) has been recorded in Assam (17.93 per cent) followed by Uttarakhand (15.63 per cent) and Chhattisgarh 11.70 per cent.