this came in light of concern over the recent deaths of thousands of Pashmina goats in the Ladakh region.
Main Components of the Scheme (new Pashmina Wool Development Scheme )
• It includes assistance for foundation stock in new areas for Pashmina rearing activities.
• Inclusion of Health coverage and feed supplement.
• Strengthening of existing fodder bank and pashmina goat breeding farm.
• It will also include establishment of multipurpose extension centre and pasture farm on migratory routes.
• Development of Breeder orientation training camp for research and development.
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Additional Reading
The world's first pashmina goat clone, produced in Kashmir, has been named Noori, an Arabic word referring to light, in Srinagar by a group of scientists and ...under the leadership of Dr Riaz Ahmad Shah, associate professor, Centre of Animal Biotechnology, Kashmir.
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- Shahmina - type of shawl made from Pashmina with a fiber diameter of 13 micrometres
- Shahtoosh - specific kind of shawl, woven with the down hair of the Tibetan antelope
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What is CASHMERE ?
- Too much confused and afraid of popularity of Pashmina as a thing of east and bugged by its undying demand some companies to make huge profits and confining the goods to their own registered CASHMERE as a trade mark item for their own use and benefits and to make it highly expensive out of reach of people as copyright and monopoly business defined their own defination as a thing of west and to restrict the entry of Pashmina into west by its own definations to make huge profits for a 100 USD pashmina shawl to sell at 1000 USD as cashmere without any value addition.
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GOATS in INDIA !!!!!--------------------------------------------------------
Goat breeds in INDIA
- Goat breeds of India and their descriptionRegion/breedUtilityBody sizeAdult WeightConfirmation123451. TemperateGaddiFibreMediumM 27.45+ - 0.41F 24.72+ - 0.51Coat colour is while but black and brown combination is also seen. Ears medium and drooping, nose convex, under small and and round long white hairsChangthangiFibreSmallM 20.37+- 0.24 F19.75+- 0.15Predominantly white but grey, brown or black also found. Large horns. Producing pashmina as under coatCheguFibreSmallM 21.39+_1.12F 20.45 +_0.45Coat is usually white mixed with greyish red produ- cing pashmina as under coatShingariMeatSmallM 25.23 + - 0.56F 20.35 + - 0.41Coat colour vary from while to grey with black or tan patches2. North- Western RegionJamunapariMilkLargeM 44.66 + - 1.89F 38.03 + - 0.63Predominantly white with brown patches on neck and face, long and pendulous ears, roman nose, tuff of hairs on buttocks, large and developed udderBeetalMilkLargeM 59.07 +_ 2.82F 34.97 +_ 0.52Coat colour is black or brown with white patches. Face convex, long and flat ears, udder large and well set3.Southern RegionOsmanabadiMilk & MeatMediumM 33.66 + - 0.55F 32.36 + - 0.55Coat colour variable-black, white or spotted, medium long ears, udder is small, round with short teatsMalabariMilk & MeatMediumM 38.96 + - 2.32F 31.12 + - 0.90Coat colour vary from complete white to complete black, small twisted horns, medium sized ears, udder small and roundSangamneriMeatMediumM 38.37 + - 2.44F 28.97 + - 0.49Body colour white, black or brown with spots. Ears are medium and drooping, udder small4. Eastern RegionBengalMeatSmallM 32.37 + - 2.74F 18.31 + - 1.67Colour is black, brown or grey, short horns both sexes have beard, profile, udder very smallGanjamMeatMediumM 44.05+ - 0.13F 31.87+ - 0.37Tall, laggy, coat is black, white or brown or spotted, medium sized ears, straight long horns, udder poorly developedAssam HillMeatSmallM 25.45+ - 2.12F 18.31+ - 1.67Small body with short leg, coat colour vary from black to brown and spotted ears small and flatJakharanaMilkLargeM 57.80 + - 3.50F 44.48 + - 0.52Coat is predominantly black with white spots on ears, narrow forehead, udder is large with conical teats.5. Western RegionSirohiMilk & MeatLargeM 50.37+ - 2.52F 22.54+ - 0.17Compact body, coat colour predominantly brown with light or dark patches, flat ears, udder medium sized and roundBarbariMilk & MeatMediumM 30.8+ - 1.96F 22.56+ - 0.17Body compact, coat colour is white with brown patches, short erect ears, shining eyes, udder well set with small teatsKutchiMilk and MeatMediumM 43.50+- 1.16F 39.29+ - 0.38Coat is predominantly black, few with brown or white spots, long hairs, long and drooping ears, udder well developed.MarwariMilk and MeatMediumM 33.18+ - 1.77F 25.85+ - 0.29Predominantly black coat with long hairs, few animals with white or brown patches, udder is round and smallMehasanaMilk and MeatMediumM 37.14+ - 1.51F 32.29+ - 0.38The coat is black with white spots at the hase of the ears. Leaf like & droop-ing ears, twisted horns, developed udder.ZalawadiMilk and MeatMediumM 38.84+ - 1.46F 32.99+ - 0.32Coat is black with long hairs, long and drooping ears, long twisted horns, large udder with conical teats.SurtiMilkMediumM 29.50+ - 0.50FWhite in colour, medium sized ears, small horns, very well developed udder