National Dairy Plan-I

For Genetic improvement of Cattle and buffaloes of the country following projects pertaining to Animal Breeding were supported under NDP I:

Progeny Testing Project:

Under NDP-I, 14 Progeny Testing projects covering 9 States involving 12 End Implementing Agencies (EIAs) were implemented with a total outlay of Rs. 203.54 Crores. The Cattle breeds included under this programme were Pure Holstein Friesian, HF cross-bred, Jersey cross-bred and Gir while in buffaloes the breeds covered were Murrah and Mehsana.
All these 14 projects together, evaluated 1830 young bulls ( 1209 cattle and 796 buffalo), performed 40.53 lakh test AI, while 2.31 lakh animals (including daughters) were put to Milk Recording (MR).
By the end of the Project, PT projects together made 2185 HGM bulls were available for distribution to various semen stations of the country.

Table1. Achievements under PT projects

State	Activity	EIA Name	Total outlay (Rs. in Cr.)	Bull completed test	Test AI done	Nominated AI done	Conception Rate%	Animals put to MR	Animals completed MR	HGM bulls made available	HGM bull distributed
Karnataka	PT- HF Pure	Karnataka Milk Federation	18.34	230	420322	2713	41.3	15359	6147	203	189
Tamil Nadu	PT – CB Jersey	Tamil Nadu Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation Limited	34.09	325	679492	15571	43.9	55288	44717	271	271
Gujarat	PT- Murrah	Sabarmati Ashram Gaushala	13.42	121	310277	14755	41.7	15157	12680	217	209
Gujarat	PT- CB HF	Sabarmati Ashram Gaushala	20.41	215	525571	9007	40.7	23039	22603	353	345
Gujarat	PT- Gir	Sabarmati Ashram Gaushala	13.30	14	39367	2178	42.1	5806	6699	111	96
Gujarat	PT – Mehsana	Banaskantha Milk Union	8.26	49	159347	2455	35.3	4787	6022	73	65
Gujarat	PT – Mehsana	Mehsana Milk Union	9.99	83	221279	2982	30.4	8841	9429	98	86
Punjab	PT – Murrah	Punjab Livestock Development Board	12.68	136	353405	28770	37.7	20373	16028	178	127
Andhra Pradesh	PT – CB Jersey	Andhra Pradesh Livestock Development Agency	14.72	154	299469	6955	42.5	13178	8445	142	108
Uttar Pradesh	PT – Murrah	Animal Breeding Research Organisation	10.47	121	263161	12559	45.0	9961	5330	122	93
Haryana	PT- Murrah	Haryana Livestock Development Board	16.47	172	371863	67883	39.0	30785	26775	195	166
Uttarakhand	PT- CB HF	Uttarakhand Livestock Development Board	8.09	70	149853	3115	39.6	6025	4941	72	52
Uttar Pradesh	PT- CB HF, UP	BAIF Development Research Foundation	11.26	80	140418	5516	38.1	12065	10280	93	73
Kerala	PT- CB HF	Kerala Livestock Development Board	12.03	60	119853	1823	36.7	10982	7623	57	53
Total			203.54	1830	4053677	176282		231646	187719	2185	1933

Pedigree Selection Project:

Under NDP-I, 9 Pedigree Selection projects were implemented with a total outlay of Rs. 34.19 Crores, covering 5 States and involving 8 EIAs. Various breeds covered under Pedigree Selection programme were Kankrej, Hariana, Rathi, Tharparkar and Sahiwal in cattle and Jaffarabadi, Pandharpuri and Nili Ravi in buffaloes.
All these 9 projects together performed around 3.50 lakh AI through 346 functional AI centres. Total 25979 animals (including daughters) were put to milk recording.
By the end of the Project, PT projects together made 271 HGM bulls were available for distribution to various semen stations of the country.

Table 2. Achievements under PS projects

State	Activity	EIA Name	Total Outlay (Rs. in Cr)	No. of Functional AIC	General AI	Nominated AI	Conception Rate%	Animals put to MR	Animals completed MR	HGM bulls made available	HGM bull distributed
Gujarat	PS- Kankrej	Banaskantha Milk Union	4.03	75	56188	1060	46	2481	3675	49	48
Gujarat	PS- Jaffarabadi	Sabarmati Ashram Gaushala	4.69	50	79701	5836	37.9	3098	2486	30	25
Rajasthan	PS- Rathi	URMUL Trust	5.69	42	72287	2518	34.2	3507	2316	31	31
Haryana	PS- Hariana	Haryana Livestock Development Board	4.42	40	14783	4642	49.6	5141	4547	43	43
Maharashtra	PS- Pandharpuri	Maharashtra Livestock Development Board	3.52	27	30728	2526	44.7	3290	2979	32	19
Punjab	PS- Nili Ravi	Punjab Livestock Development Board	4.09	36	21814	7358	35.7	2572	2115	14	11
Rajasthan	PS- Tharparkar	Rajasthan Livestock Development Board	2.42	27	26153	1133	44.6	1722	543	18	14
Punjab	PS- Sahiwal	Punjab Livestock Development Board	2.29	25	13086	2562	43.5	1104	878	28	23
Rajasthan	PS- Sahiwal	Ganganagar Milk Union	3.04	24	35576	2046	46.6	3064	721	26	25
Total			34.19	346	350316	29681	43	25979	20260	271	239

Semen Station Strengthening Projects:

Total 28 “A” and “B” graded semen stations from 16 states were strengthened under NDP-I with a total outlay of Rs. 294.98 Crores.
Under these projects, Semen Station Management Software (SSMS) were rolled out to all the 28 semen stations for managing daily routine activities and inventory management. Beside this, SSMS was made available to 5 more “A” or “B “ graded semen stations of the country.
20 semen stations were provided with Computer Aided Semen Analysers (CASA) and are being used routinely for objective quality assessment.

Bull Production through imported Embryos:

Under NDP-I, Five sub projects have been approved for production of bull calves from imported embryos of HF and Jersey breeds. The Participating Agencies (PAs) for the activity are: Haringhata, PBGSBS in West Bengal; Kalsi (Dehradun), ULDB in Uttarakhand; BAIF, Urulikanchan, Pune and JK Trust, Vadgoan Rasai, Pune in Maharashtra and SAG, Bidaj in Gujarat.
Under NDP I, a total of 835 imported embryos (324 HF+511 Jersey) were transferred by five Participating Agencies (PAs).
An overall pregnancy rate of 35 per cent was achieved. By the end of Project, a total of 239 calves (130 male and 109 females) were born from these embryo transfers. Total 95 male calves were made available for distribution to various semen stations.

Table 3. Achievements under BPTIE projects

Parameter	Achievement
Holstein Frisian
No. of embryos transferred	324
No. of pregnancies	122
Conception Rate (%)	37.6
No. of calvings	103
No. of male calves born	57
No. of male calves made available for distribution	42
Jersey
No. of embryos transferred	511
No. of pregnancies	170
Conception Rate (%)	33.3
No. of calvings	136
No. of male calves born	73
No. of male calves made available for distribution	53

Import of Bulls:

In order to introduce new and superior genetics, Seventy six purebred HF and Ninety five purebred Jersey bulls were imported, respectively under NDP-I and distributed to various “A” and “B “ graded semen stations of the country.

Genomic Selection:

Under the Innovative projects of NDP I, a project entitled “”Developing Genomic Selection Methodology for various cattle breeds in India” was implemented by Sabarmati Ashram Gaushala Bidaj (SAGB with the technical assistance of NDDB. Under this project, “INDUSCHIP” –a customised medium density chip developed by NDDB was used for genotyping of 9576 cattle. Standardised genomic breeding value estimation procedures for Gir, HF crossbred and Jersey crossbreds cattle. Accordingly, selection of male calves based on genomic breeding value was initiated at field level.
In addition to the above, NDDB also provided technical guidance to Animal Breeding Research Organization (ABRO) for implementing a project entitled “Developing and Validating genotyping microarray chip for buffaloes for genomic selection” under NDP I. A de novo haplotype phased genome assembly “NDDB_ABRO_Murrah” of riverine buffaloes was developed for the first time. It may be considered as a milestone in buffalo genomics. Two hundred and ninety-six animals of nine breeds of riverine buffaloes and swamp buffalo were re-sequenced for identifying Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) to develop a genotyping chip – “BUFFCHIP” – suitable for genotyping of Indian buffalo populations. So far 4992 Murrah and Mehsana buffaloes have been genotyped using BUFFCHIP.