Camel Protection and Development Policy

Camel Protection and Development Policy

• The state government of Rajasthan in its budget 2022-23 has announced a Camel Protection and Development Policy.
• According to the state government figures, in Rajasthan there are less than two lakh camels left. Since 2012, the number of camels has reduced by 1.5 lakh in India. Around 2.5 lakh camels were left when in 2019 it was last counted.
• The state animal of Rajasthan is the Camel and their number is decreasing continuously. In 2014, the government of Rajasthan had declared the camel as the state animal.
• Nearly 85 per cent of India’s camels are found in Rajasthan which is followed by Haryana, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
• According to the 2019 animal census, the number of camels in Arunachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, and Nagaland dropped to zero, although these states had 45, 03, 07, and 92 camels, respectively, in 2012.

Published date : 09 Mar 2022 04:16PM