INTER STATE VARIATION IN CONSUMPTION OF FLUID MILK-A VIEW FROM NSSO DATA

K.B. VEDAMURTHY¹*, H. CHANDRASHEKAR², R. RANGEGOWDA^3
1Head, Department of Dairy Business Management, Dairy Science College, Hebbal, 560024, Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University, Bidar, 585401, Karnataka, India
²Former Professor of Statistics (Rtd), University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru, 560065, Karnataka, India
³Department of Dairy Business Management, Dairy Science College, Hebbal, 560024, Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University, Bidar, 585401, Karnataka, India
* Corresponding Author : vedandri@gmail.com

Received : 01-06-2022     Accepted : 27-06-2022     Published : 30-06-2022
Volume : 14     Issue : 6       Pages : 11376 - 11380
Int J Agr Sci 14.6 (2022):11376-11380

Keywords : Per-capita consumption, Engle elasticity, Fractile classes
Academic Editor : Dr Hansa Ram Meena, Dr R. S. Umakanth
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are also thankful to Department of Dairy Business Management, Dairy Science College, Hebbal, 560024, Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University, Bidar, 585401, Karnataka, India. Authors are thankful to University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru, 560065, Karnataka, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

Milk and milk products finds a prominent place in the food basket among both rural and urban households in India. Milk provides required nutrients to people of all age groups. Dairying is traditionally linked to the culture of rural India as means of livelihood and risk mitigation strategy. Dairying is recognized as an important source of income for small and marginal farmers in India since on an average 22-26 per cent of the income of the rural households is contributed by milk. The present study makes use of data published by NSSO in its 66th,68th and 77th rounds to analyse the households reporting owning livestock especially cattle and buffalo in milk, study the consumption pattern of fluid (liquid) milk across different states and as well among different fractile classes. Study observes that there is wide variation in ownership of cattle and buffalo across states. The analysis indicates high elastic nature of liquid milk and also observe that there is a wide variation in consumption of milk across states both in rural and urban areas. Majority of fractile classes do not meet the requirement in respect of consumption of liquid milk as prescribed by the ICMR. Concerted efforts are necessary to spread the operation flood programme to hitherto less exploited states, boost up production and also distribution of milk by chalking out appropriate welfare schemes especially to vulnerable section of the society

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