Livestock industry shares 19% income of Rajasthan which comes in various forms like milk, ghee, wool, meat, bones, hides etc. Livestock is one of the important source of income in rural Rajasthan. Indian people have adopted dairying as an important and subsidiary occupation of agriculture. The increasing population of livestock signals planners and authorities to provide better investigation, effective planning and fast growing infrastructure to the dairy industry. The livestock population of India was 29.28 crore in 1951 which has increased by 46.44 crore in 2003. There are 92.65 million cattle, 78.55 million buffaloes, 44.40 million sheeps and 117.0 million cattle in the country. Out of the total 53% of the buffaloes 20% of goats, 4% of sheep and 9% of camel of the world are found in India.

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Keywords: Livestock Industry, Occupation of Agriculture, Livestock Signals, Growing Infrastructure.