Parshottam Rupala Inaugurates India’s First Ever Animal Health Summit

July 08, 2022
Current Context: Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying, Parshottam Rupala inaugurated India's first-ever Animal Health Summit 2022.
Parshottam Rupala Inaugurates India’s First Ever Animal Health Summit
  • The main aim of this Summit is to understand the importance of animal health to the country's food and nutrition security rural income and prosperity.
  • The total livestock population in the country is 535.78 million, a 4.6 percent increase from the 2012 Livestock Census.
  • India has the most cattle and produces the most milk globally, but per-animal productivity remains low.
  • Zoonotic diseases have emerged as global health threats due to the complex interactions between humans, animals, and the environment.
  • Disease surveillance in animals has the added benefit of protecting humans through early diagnosis because animals are reservoirs of various developing diseases.

Question:

Q.1 India’s First-Ever Animal Health Summit was held in which of the following city?
a. New Delhi
b. Mumbai
c. Pune
d. Hyderabad

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