GENERAL

INTEGRATED SAMPLE SURVEY 

                        Integrated Sample Surveys are being carried out in the state regularly every year. On the basis of this survey, estimates of number of various species of livestock and production of major livestock produce like milk, egg, wool and meat are prepared and released. The sampling design adopted for the survey is as under:- 

DESIGN OF THE SURVEY AND SAMPLING PLAN

                        A multistage stratified sampling design was used for the survey. For the purpose of this survey , one year was divided into three seasons, namely Summer, Rainy and Winter , each season comprising of 4 months duration. A season was further sub-divided into 4 rounds, each round of one month duration. 

STAFF

                                    There are 20 districts in the state. Under the Sample Survey Scheme only 13 posts of  Enumerators have been provided to carry out the field work of this survey. In order to formulate district level estimates of various livestock products, it is necessary to appoint one Enumerator in each tehsil of the state. Due to the shortage of Enumerators, the help of 22 milk recorders available with the Department is also taken for the collection of data under this survey. Hence the services of 35 enumerators / Milk Recorders are being used. Each tehsil serves as a stratum for the purpose of survey. The supervision of sample survey work is carried out by the Technical Assistant / Statistical Supervisors posted at district level.

For carrying out detailed study in the selected households the round wise number of households selected for Milk & eggs is as under:-          

 5 Villages were selected from each stratum (tehsil) in each season for the purpose of survey. For the estimation of meat production, 2 Slaughter Houses were selected in each district from where information regarding number of animals slaughtered every month and average yield rates were collected.

           Data on wool was collected by the field staff working at the Sheep & Wool Extension Centres. 

RESULTS

The annual milk production in the state during the year 2007-08 was estimated to be 9275 thousand tones where as 9167 thousand tones of milk  were estimated during the year 2006-07. The species wise contribution to the total milk production in the state during the year 2007-08 was as under:-

 The per capita availability of milk during the year 2007-08 was worked out to be 923 grams. This per capita availability of milk in Punjab is the highest  as compared to other states of the country.

The production potential of livestock does not entirely depends upon its genetic material. It varies according to the climatic conditions, availability of green fodder, dry fodder and management practices. At present, reliable statistics on area under fodder crop and yield rates of different fodder crops are not available in respect of different areas of the states. These estimates are pre-requisite for the proper formulation of livestock development programme in the State. Keeping this in view, sample surveys are being carried out regularly to estimate the yield rates of different fodder crops on the basis of crop cutting experiments.

LIVESTOCK CENSUS

The 18^th Quinquennial Livestock Census was taken up in Punjab state during the year 2007-08 with reference date as 15^th Oct 2007. This census was taken up simultaneously in all the States of the Country. The results of this Census are as under:-