Context: Recently, Ministry of Animal Husbandry & Fisheries has unveiled the department’s annual publication, the ‘Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics 2022’

• Importance: It is the primary source of data on livestock population, production, animal diseases, infrastructure, and estimates of four Major Livestock Products (MLPs) like Milk, Egg, Meat and Wool..

Major highlights of the report

Total milk production in the country during 2021-22 is 221.06 million tonnes.

• Top 5 major milk producing States: Rajasthan (15.05%), Uttar Pradesh (14.93%), Madhya Pradesh (8.06%), Gujarat (7.56%) and Andhra Pradesh (6.97%).

In 2021-22, the total egg production in the country is 129.60 billion nos.

• Top 5 major egg producing States: Andhra Pradesh (20.41%), Tamil Nadu (16.08%), Telangana (12.86%), West Bengal (8.84%) and Karnataka (6.38%).

The total meat production in the country is 9.29 million tonnes for the year 2021-22.

• This has increased by 5.62% as compared to previous year.

• Top 5 major meat producing States: Maharashtra (12.25%), Uttar Pradesh (12.14%), West Bengal (11.63%), Andhra Pradesh (11.04%), and Telangana (10.82%).

The total wool production in the country during 2021-22 is 33.13 thousand tonnes

• This has declined by 10.30% as compared to previous year.

• Top 5 major wool producing States: Rajasthan (45.91%), Jammu and Kashmir (23.19%), Gujarat (6.12%), Maharashtra (4.78%) and Himachal Pradesh (4.33%).