Explanation:

Explanation

About Livestock census

• The Livestock Census is the main source of such data in the country.
• The livestock census is conducted across the country periodically since 1919. Since then it has been conducted once every 5 years.
• So far, 19 Livestock Censuses were conducted Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, in participation with State Governments and UT Administrations.
• The 20th Livestock Census was launched during the month of October, 2018.
• The enumeration was done in both rural and urban areas. Various species of animals (cattle, buffalo, mithun, yak, sheep, goat, pig, horse, pony, mule, donkey, camel, dog, rabbit and elephant)/poultry birds (fowl, duck and other poultry birds) possessed by the households, household enterprises/non-household enterprises were counted at that site.
• Another important feature of 20th Livestock Census is it has been designed to capture Breed-wise number of animals and poultry birds. 
• For the first time, livestock data were collected on line in 20th Livestock Census. Advance technology has been adopted to collect data through tablet computers.
• The National Informatics Centre, Ministry of Electronics & IThas developed Android based mobile application for data collection .
• The Animal The Animal Husbandry Departments of States/UTs have been entrusted to conduct the field operations.
• In the 20th Livestock Census, the data were collected and scrutinised mostly by para-veterinarians and veterinarians. In this whole Census operations more than 80,000 field staff were deployed for smooth conduct of 20th Livestock Census.