{"id":16408,"date":"2023-10-28T08:00:26","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T02:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=16408"},"modified":"2025-04-04T09:11:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T03:41:47","slug":"gir-cow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/gir-cow\/","title":{"rendered":"Gir cow"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Gir cow<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is an excellent dairy cattle breed well-known among the milk producers.<\/li>\n<li>It is known for its milk producing ability, good fertility, heat tolerance, easy maintenance, resistance to diseases and longevity.<\/li>\n<li>The name of the breed is derived from its\u00a0place of origin, the \u201cGir\u201d forest of Gujarat.<\/li>\n<li>It has the ability to adapt to the entire central belt and northern and southern stretches.<\/li>\n<li>Key points about Rashtriya Gokul Mission<\/li>\n<li>It has been implemented for the development and conservation of indigenous bovine breeds since December 2014.<\/li>\n<li>It is continued under the umbrella scheme Rashtriya Pashudhan Vikas Yojana from 2021 to 2026.<\/li>\n<li>Objectives\n<ul>\n<li>To enhance\u00a0the productivity of bovines and increase milk production in a sustainable manner using advanced technologies.<\/li>\n<li>To propagate the use of\u00a0high genetic merit bulls for breeding purposes.<\/li>\n<li>To enhance\u00a0artificial insemination coverage through strengthening the breeding network and delivery of Artificial insemination services at farmers&#8217; doorstep.<\/li>\n<li>To\u00a0promote indigenous cattle &amp; buffalo rearing and conservation in a scientific and holistic manner.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is Genetics?<\/h3>\n<p>It is the scientific study of genes, heredity, and the variation of organisms. It is a branch of biology that focuses on understanding how traits and characteristics are passed from one generation to the next and how they are expressed in living organisms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/news\/agriculture\/only-the-gir-indigenous-cow-breed-is-being-promoted-under-rashtriya-gokul-mission-here-is-why-92366\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Only the Gir indigenous cow breed is being promoted under Rashtriya Gokul Mission; here is why<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gir cows are known for their milk producing ability, good fertility, heat tolerance, easy maintenance, resistance to diseases and longevity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":16409,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16408","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}