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Govt. plans research on ‘indigenous’cows
Daily Current Affairs Dated On 18–Feb-2020
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The governmenthasunveiled aprogramme toresearch on ‘indigenous’ cows. Tobe fundedbymultiplescientificministries,theinitiative, SUTRAPIC [Scientific Utilization Through Research Augmentation Prime Products from Indigenous Cows], is led by the Department of Science and Technology (DST)
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It has the Department of Biotechnology, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the Ministry forAYUSH (Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha, Homoeopathy) among others and the Indian Council of Medical Research as partners.
The proposals underthis theme should aim to perform scientific research on complete characterization of milk and milk products derived from Indian indigenous cows
