SUTRA PIC

Relevance: Prelims: Science

Why in news?

  • The Government of India has unveiled a programme to research on โ€˜indigenousโ€™ cows.

About:

  • The initiative is called SUTRA PIC or Scientific Utilisation Through Research Augmentation-Prime Products from Indigenous Cows.
  • Scientific research will be carried out milk products derived from Indian indigenous cows.

It has five themes:
โ€ข Uniqueness of Indigenous Cows,

  • Prime-products from Indigenous Cows for Medicine and Health,
  • Prime-products from Indigenous Cows for Agricultural Applications,
  • Prime-products from Indigenous Cows for Food and Nutrition and
  • Prime-products from indigenous cows-based utility items.

 

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