date:May 18, 2015
2012, India produced 7.5 million tonnes of animal-sourced protein, including milk, meat and eggs, but only 4.5 million tonnes from vegetable sources other than cereals. As India becomes richer and its middle class expands, we are seeing rapid growth of the animal protein industry.
Though our per capita consumption of animal protein is much lower than the world average, it is rising rapidly. In the past five years, 37 per cent of agricultural growth output came from animal protein, Yadav said. A