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The Rashtriya Gokul Mission is actively supporting the promotion of the Gir indigenous cow breed.

Facts About:

• It is being implemented for the development and conservation of indigenous bovine breeds since December 2014.
• With a budget of Rs. 2400 crore, the program is also carried out under the general Rashtriya Pashudhan Vikas Yojna from 2021 to 2026.
• The Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying is the nodal ministry.

Mission Objectives:

• To use cutting-edge technologies to raise milk production and sustainably improve the productivity of cows.
• To spread the practice of breeding bulls with high genetic merit.
• To increase the breeding network's strength and provide farmers with doorstep artificial insemination services to increase the coverage of artificial insemination.
• To encourage the scientific, all-encompassing rearing of native cattle and buffalo as well as conservation.