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Govt. plans research on ‘indigenous’ cows
Why is it in news?
- The government has unveiled a programme to research on ‘indigenous’ cows.
- The initiative, SUTRA PIC, is led by the Department of Science and Technology (DST).
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- Themes of initiative: SUTRA PIC or Scientific Utilisation Through Research Augmentation-Prime Products from Indigenous Cows, has five themes:
(1) Uniqueness of Indigenous Cows,
(2) Prime-products from Indigenous Cows for Medicine and Health,
(3) Prime-products from Indigenous Cows for Agricultural Applications,
(4) Prime-products from Indigenous Cows for Food and Nutrition and
(5) Prime-products from indigenous cows-based utility items.
- Partners in the project: It has the Department of Biotechnology, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the Ministry for AYUSH (Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha, Homoeopathy) among others and the Indian Council of Medical Research as partners.
- Objective: To perform
(1) scientific research on complete characterisation of milk and milk products derived from Indian indigenous cows;
(2) scientific research on nutritional and therapeutic properties of curd and ghee prepared from indigenous breeds of cows by traditional methods;
(3) development of standards for traditionally processed dairy products of Indian-origin cow
- Funding for the project: Researchers from academic organisations as well as “capable voluntary organisations (NGOs) active in India with proven record of accomplishment in executing S&T-based R&D projects,” were invited to apply for funding.
Source
The Hindu