Name: Mahesh S
Country: India

Year: 2026
Volume: Voume-17, Issue-1 (January-June)
Page Number: 350-358
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22724748

India is predominantly an agrarian society where animal husbandry forms the backbone of national economy. Dairy enterprise, next to agriculture, not only provides continuous income and improves the dietary standards of family, but also reduces unemployment to an extent. Various studies suggest that dairying has enormous potential to improve the socio-economic status of the large percentage of rural population. Dairying is an integral part of the Indian economy, more so, the rural economy. The contribution of this sector to the national income is invaluable, estimated to be about 4.11 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP) and about 25 per cent to agricultural economy. At the household level, dairying plays an important role in improving the economic condition of 70 million farm families.