Importance of Livestock Resources in the Indian Economy:
- As additional employment and alternative economy – especially inhilly tribal, semi-
urban and drought-prone areas. - Helpful in availability of protein (milk, meat, egg). In India, availability of protein per
capita per day is 11.3 gram (29 gram in the world). - Important from the point of view of availability of milk. In India, availability of milk
per capita per day was 231 gram in 2003-04 (124 gram in 1950- 51 ). - Among Indian states, Haryana ranks first in per capita availability of milk followed by
Punjab. - India is the largest leather producing country in the world.
- India is the 5th largest egg producing country in the world.
- In India, Mumbai is the largest center in terms of production and export of meant.
- The Butcher Island in Mumbai is famous for meat production.