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All the statements are correct. 

In 2012, India’s livestock population — including cattle, buffaloes, sheep, goats, pigs, horses and ponies, mules, donkeys, camels, mithun and yaks — was 51.2 crore, a fall of 3.3% over the previous census, conducted in 2007. Cattle count declined from 19.9 crore in 2007 to 19 crore in 2012. The 4% drop send shivers down the spines of policymakers. The question that arose was, how come the cattle population was sliding in a country where the animal is worshipped and where there’s a ban on its slaughter in most states. But there was a silver lining, too. 

The population of female cattle (cows) during the period (2007-2012) rose 6.52% and that of female buffaloes rose 7.99%. This was good news for milk production. No wonder, India, the largest milk producer in the world, has continuously been adding more tonnage in production. In 2017-18, for example, the nation produced 17.6 crore tonnes of milk, from 16.5 crore tonnes a year ago, according to the Government of India’s Basic Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Statistics, 2018. India’s milk production in 1950-51 was a paltry 1.7 crore tonnes. The findings of the latest census, which will also give breed-wise data of 41 elite desi breeds, will also be a reflection on how the Rs 2,025-crore Rashtriya Gokul Mission — focused on development of indigenous breeds — has fared.