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A two-day national-level yearly gathering of the Technical Committee of Direction (TCD) connected Livestock Statistics commenced successful Amaravati connected Thursday, bringing unneurotic representatives from each States and Union Territories to reappraisal and validate livestock merchandise information and illustration strategies for the sector’s growth.
The gathering was being attended by Director-General (Statistics) and TCD Chairman Kaal Singh, Special Chief Secretary (Health & Family Welfare) Takheer Ahmed, Andhra Pradesh Special Chief Secretary (Animal Husbandry) B. Rajasekhar, Adviser Jagat Hazarika, Director of Animal Husbandry T. Damodar Naidu, and officials from MoSPI, the Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying, RBI, FAO and different institutions.
Addressing the gathering, Mr. Rajasekhar said Andhra Pradesh plays a pivotal relation successful India’s livestock economy, with globally recognised breeds specified arsenic Ongole and Punganur cattle, Godavari buffaloes, Nellore and Macherla sheep, and Aseel poultry. He noted that the livestock assemblage generates higher income than services and manufacture successful the State, with a gross people of ₹2 lakh crore acceptable for 2025–26.
Mr. Ahmed emphasised the value of close livestock statistics, calling them captious to argumentation readying and the Digital Agriculture framework.
Officials said nationalist discussions focused connected strengthening livestock surveys, with Andhra Pradesh precocious completing a broad survey covering astir 20 lakh livestock-rearing families. The data, they said, would usher aboriginal policies and amended enactment to livestock farmers.
