The indigenous ‘Gausort’ technology has been employed to boost the dairy sector in eastern and north-eastern India.
Prime minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday inaugurated a sex sorted semen facility established under the “Rashtriya Gokul Mission” scheme being implemented by department of animal husbandry and dairying under the ministry of fisheries, animal husbandry and dairying at the semen station, Purnea, Bihar. This facility has been created with central assistance of Rs.10 crore and has capacity to produce 5 lakh doses per year.
The indigenously developed technology ‘Gausort’ was launched by the prime minister earlier on 5 October 2024 will be used in sex sorting. Through Gausort technology, Sex Sorted Semen will be available to the farmers of the eastern and north-eastern region at reasonable rates.
The Purnea semen station was established under the Rashtriya Gokul Mission with Central assistance of Rs. 84.27 crores. This is one of the largest semen stations in the government sector in the country and first of its kind semen station to serve the needs of the country’s eastern and north-eastern states. The semen station is producing 50 lakh doses per annum and playing an important role in development of the dairy sector in the region.
Semen sex-sorting is a technology that increases the likelihood of birth of female calves with about 90 per cent accuracy, thereby significantly reducing the economic burden on dairy farmers. Use of this technology offers the potential to produce more replacement heifers’ thereby increasing farmers’ income.
The establishment of semen sex sorting facility at Purnea, Bihar will directly benefit all the farmers engaged in dairying in the region mainly small and marginal farmers and landless labours, a spokesperson of the ministry said.
