Rashtriya Gokul Mission

The Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare is implementing the scheme of Rashtriya Gokul Mission to conserve and develop indigenous bovine breeds in a focused and scientific manner.

• The scheme comprises of two components namely National Programme for Bovine Breeding (NPBB) and National Mission on Bovine Productivity (NMBP).
• Rashtriya Gokul Mission aims to enhance the productivity of the indigenous breeds of India through professional farm management and superior nutrition

Objectives of the Mission:

• Development and conservation of indigenous breeds.
• Undertaking breed improvement programmes for indigenous cattle breeds so as to improve the genetic makeup and increase the stock.
• Enhancing milk production and productivity.
• Upgrading nondescript cattle using elite indigenous breeds like Gir, Sahiwal, Rathi, Deoni, Tharparkar, Red Sindhi.
• Distributing disease free high genetic merit bulls for natural service.

About the initiatives under the Rashtriya Gokul Mission:

• Establishment of integrated cattle development centres 'Gokul Grams' to develop indigenous breeds.
• Awards for encouraging farmers and breeder societies to rear Indigenous breeds of Bovines. 
• Gopal Ratna award for farmers maintaining the best herd of Indigenous Breed and practising best management practices.
• Kamdhenu award for best managed Indigenous Herd by Institutions/Trusts/ NGOs/ Gaushalas or best-managed Breeders' Societies.
• National Kamdhenu Breeding Centres are being established as Centres of Excellence to develop and conserve Indigenous Breeds in a holistic and scientific manner.
• An e-market portal "E-Pashu Haat"- Nakul Prajnan Bazaar for connecting breeders and farmers, an authentic market for quality- disease-free bovine germplasm in the form of: 

              i) semen
             ii) embryos
             iii) calves
             iv) heifers
             v) adult bovines with different agencies or stakeholders.

• Pashu Sanjivni Programme encompassing the provision of Animal Health cards ('Nakul Swasthya Patra') along with UID identification and uploading data on National Data Base.
• Advanced Reproductive Technology: Including Assisted Reproductive Technique- In-vitro Fertilization (IVF)/ Multiple Ovulation Embryo Transfer (MOET) and sex-sorted semen technique to improve the availability of disease-free female bovines.
• National Bovine Genomic Center for Indigenous Breeds (NBGC-IB) for selection of breeding bulls of high genetic merit at a young age using highly precise gene-based technology.

Question:

Q. The Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare is implementing which scheme to conserve and develop indigenous bovine breeds in a focused and scientific manner?
a. Rashtriya Govansh Mission
b. Rashtriya Gokul Mission
c. National Govansh Mission
d. National Gokul Mission