Question

Given below are two statements:
Statement (I): Total milk production in India was 221.06 million tonnes during 2021-22 (Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics 2022).
Statement (II): According to Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics 2022; top 5 milk producing states in India are Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and Andhra Pradesh.
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.

• A. Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are correct.
• B. Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are incorrect.
• C. Statement (I) is correct but Statement (II) is incorrect.
• D. Statement (I) is incorrect but Statement (II) is correct.

Hint:

For the 2021-22 reporting year, Rajasthan was the leading milk-producing state, narrowly overtaking Uttar Pradesh.
Gujarat, home to the Amul cooperative, remains a top five milk-producing state, not Haryana.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

Step 1: Understanding the Concept:
Evaluating annual milk production and identifying the leading production regions is essential for understanding the economics of the dairy sector.
Detailed Explanation:
Let us analyze the statements using the Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics (BAHS) 2022:
Statement (I) provides the total milk production figure for 2021--22.
The BAHS 2022 report states that India's total milk production during 2021--22 was \( 221.06 \text{ million tonnes} \).
This represented an annual growth of \( 5.29\% \) over the previous year.
This makes Statement (I) correct.
Statement (II) lists the top five milk-producing states.
According to the BAHS 2022 database, the top five states in milk production were:
1. Rajasthan (\( 15.05\% \))
2. Uttar Pradesh (\( 14.93\% \))
3. Madhya Pradesh (\( 8.06\% \))
4. Gujarat (\( 7.56\% \))
5. Andhra Pradesh (\( 6.97\% \))
Comparing this with the list in Statement (II) (Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, and Andhra Pradesh), we see that Gujarat is missing and Haryana has been incorrectly included.
This makes Statement (II) incorrect.

Step 2: Final Answer:
Statement (I) is correct but Statement (II) is incorrect.