By 2032, India will account for 33% of world milk output: NDDB CMD Meenesh Shah

Sure. Throughout 1947, our milk manufacturing was about 15 mt and continued to be so until 1960. We have been import-dependent. There was strain on the per capita availability of milk. So throughout that interval, per capita availability was about 115 g per individual per day. Then it was thought that we’d like structured interventions to enhance milk availability and milk manufacturing. That’s how NDDB was established in 1965. NDDB began the Operation Flood Program in 1970. With the assist of the World Financial institution and the Authorities of India, until 1992, we had three phases of Operation Flood, which made India not solely self-sufficient in milk and meat merchandise, but in addition turned the most important milk producer on the earth in 1998.

In 2022-23, India’s milk manufacturing was 231 mt, which provides the per capita milk availability of 460 g per individual per day. We’ve moved from 115 g to 460 g per individual per day. That’s the enchancment which has occurred.

One of many main scientific programmes, which NDDB initiated to enhance the milk productiveness of animals, was the synthetic insemination programme to enhance the genetic potential of the animals. And for that frozen semen doses have been wanted. Initially, we had the Sabarmati Ashram Goshala at Ahmedabad. NDDB began managing the SAG semen station. Then we had another semen station in UP known as Animal Breeding Analysis Organisation. With these two semen stations we have been producing semen and supplying to farmers. However to enhance the productiveness of our animals we’d like a bigger protection of the synthetic insemination within the nation. In 2000-2005, NDDB design, the nationwide dairy plan, and through the conceptualisation, we realised that the demand for semen doses must be a lot greater contemplating that we wish to improve the synthetic insemination protection in our nation.

We’re protecting about 35-40 per cent of the animals. We wished to extend that protection and that’s the explanation we conceptualised two massive semen stations — Alamadi in Chennai and Rahuri in Maharashtra. Together with the opposite two stations — Animal Breeding Centre, Salon and Semen Station in Rohtak, Haryana — the whole manufacturing is 50 million doses every year.

It’s producing about 10 million doses. The semen is produced from the excessive genetic advantage swimming pools. Which means the pedigree of the bulls may be very excessive by way of genetic potential and the crude milk manufacturing capability. They’re fastidiously chosen and, you recognize, we’ve about 300 such bulls and likewise about 25 breeds.

Kangeyam from Tamil Nadu; Punganur and Ongole from Andhra Pradesh and Vechur from Kerala are a number of the breeds and people bulls are additionally accessible. We even have unique, bulls for crossbreeds. We’re catering to all of the Southern States and likewise Odisha.

Globally, there’s a expertise to type out the bovine semen. Usually you will have X and Y chromosomes on this semen. If conceptualisation occurs with X will probably be feminine, and Y will result in your male calf. What it does is to extend the X chromosome in semen. When you assure 85-90 per cent of the semen could have solely X chromosome, then the chance of getting a feminine calf may even be 85-90 relying on the chromosomes that you’ve got. So in a means we’re sorting X and Y chromosomes and giving X chromosome semen to the farmers for synthetic insemination to enhance the chance of solely having a feminine cow for the farmers. It is extremely good for the farmer. They won’t have financial losses. Having a feminine calf is all the time higher for the farmers and the nation, and milk manufacturing shall be good.

There are two US-based corporations — ST and ABS — supplying the sorting expertise. It’s round ₹1,000 per pattern and that is expensive for farmers. In complete synthetic insemination, sex-sorted semen is used lower than 1 per cent. For the final 4-5 years we’ve been working to develop our expertise. At Alamadi, we put in the machines to provide these sex-sorted semen.

We’ve began manufacturing on a pilot foundation. We additionally had a discipline trial earlier. Preliminary outcomes are good by way of conception price and purity. We’re getting the specified outcomes, both equal or higher than the applied sciences which can be found. And if all the things goes as deliberate in two months time, we shall be able to launch this expertise.

Sure, we wish to give to farmers the sorted semen between ₹300 and ₹500.

Sure. This can be a 100 per cent Aatmanirbhar story within the dairy trade. There shall be extra feminine calves produced, and can in flip lead result in elevated milk manufacturing.

There are 67 semen stations within the nation. They may get the expertise developed by a provider. We’re but to finalise the industrial phrases. We don’t wish to have a monopoly like the present corporations have.

We’re additionally engaged on expertise known as embryo switch and IVF. We’re additionally working scientifically on numerous well being and diet initiatives.

At current, the milk manufacturing is 231 mt, which is about 25 per cent of the worldwide share. By 2030 or 2032, we are going to produce 300 mt or 33 per cent of the worldwide manufacturing. These applied sciences will assist in the rise.

The Authorities of India and NDDB and numerous different businesses are focusing on 600 mt of milk by 2047.