Explanation:

Faced with a declining number of camels in Rajasthan, the state government has announced a 'Camel Protection and Development Policy' in its budget 2022-23.

Camel is the state animal of Rajasthan and their number is continuously decreasing.

The demand for camel protection in the state has been rising for a long time.

The Rajasthan government had declared camel as the state animal in the year 2014.

The very next year, in 2015 it came up with the Rajasthan Camel (Prohibition of Slaughter and Prohibition of Temporary Migration or Export Regulations) Act to stop its slaughter and prohibit its temporary migration out of the state.

However, cattle farmers say that due to the law, camel rearing in the state reduced and has led to a decline in their population.

The ban on taking camels out without permission, as well as many more restrictions have discouraged the cattle rearers. A camel which was earlier sold for 10,000 to 70,000 rupees, now brought only 3,000 to 8,000 rupees.