Question : INDIGENOUS HORSE BREED

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE, (DR. SANJEEV KUMAR BALYAN)

(a) The home tract of Indigenous horse breed and their numbers as per Indian Livestock Census (1LC-2007) is as follows:

 S.N.	Name of Breed	Home Tract	Number as per ILC -2007 1	Marwari Horse	Rajasthan	26,168 2	Kathiawari Horse	Gujarat	52,581 3	Bhutia Pony	Sikkim &	10,619	Arunachal	Pradesh 4	Manipuri Pony	Manipur	2,467 5	Spiti Pony	Himachal	1,292	Pradesh 6	Zanskari Pony	Jammu & Kashmir	7,053 

(b) As per the Indian Livestock Census conducted by Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries (DADF), there were 2,000 Horses and Ponies in Manipur in 2003, the number fell to 1,000 in 2007, while in 2012, the numbers have increased to 1,101.

(c) Under Centrally Sponsored Scheme `Conservation of Threatened Breeds`, which was started in 2002-03, the DADF, Government of India up to 2013-14 had sanctioned Rs. 105.12 Lakhs to Government of Gujarat for conservation of Kathiawadi Horse; Rs. 70.20 Lakhs to Government of Jammu & Kashmir for conservation of Zanskari Pony; Rs. 42.00 Lakhs to Government of Rajasthan for conservation of Marwari Horse; Rs. 89.39 Lakhs to Government of Arunachal Pradesh for Conservation of Bhutia Pony; Rs. 77.00 Lakhs to Government of Himachal Pradesh for conservation of Spiti Pony and Rs.77.00 Lakhs to Government of Manipur for conservation of Manipuri Pony. This component, `Conservation of Threatened Breeds`, is being subsumed under `National Livestock Mission5` w.e.f. 2014-15, under which 100% grant-in-aid is provided to State Governments to the tune of Rs. 40.00 Lakhs per breed for conservation of recognized indigenous Horse breeds.

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