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
