6.3. National Mission on Bovine Productivity (NMBP)

♤ The mission has been initiated in November 2016 with an allocation of Rs. 825 crore (575.80 crore as Central Share and 249.20 crore as State Share) over a period of three years and implementation of spill over activities of the project beyond the project period.

♤ It will be implemented as a part of Rashtriya Gokul Mission under umbrella scheme White Revolution-Rashtriya Pashudhan Vikas Yojna.

♤ The objective is to enhance milk production and productivity of bovine population, increase trade of livestock and its products, e-market for bovine germplasm and to double farmers’ income by 2022.

♤ It has 4 components:

o Pashu Sanjivni: an animal wellness program with provision of Nakul Swasthya Patra (animal health card) along with unique ID to animals and uploading data on National Data Depository.

o Advanced breeding technology: IVF/MOET (In-Vitro fertilisation/Multiple-ovulation embryo transplant) and sex sorted semen technique to improve availability of disease free high genetic merit female bovines.

o e-Pashuhaat: a website portal launched on birthday of V. Kurien on 26 Nov 2016 to connect the breeders and farmers for sale and purchase of germplasm.

o National Bovine Genomic Centre for indigenous breeds (NBGC-IB)