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Govt. plans research on ‘indigenous’ cows
Part of: GS Prelims –Polity and GS-II- Govt Policy
In news:
- Government has unveiled a programme to research on ‘indigenous’ cows. (SUTRA PIC or Scientific Utilisation Through Research Augmentation-Prime Products from Indigenous Cows)
- Funded by multiple scientific ministries, the initiative, SUTRA PIC, is led by the Department of Science and Technology
Five themes:
- Uniqueness of Indigenous Cows,
- For Medicine and Health,
- For Agricultural Applications,
- For Food and Nutrition,
- Cows-based utility items.
Aims
- To perform scientific research on complete characterisation of milk and milk products derived from Indian indigenous cows
- Scientific research on nutritional and therapeutic properties of curd and ghee prepared from indigenous breeds of cows by traditional methods; development of standards for traditionally processed dairy products of Indian-origin cow
