Rajasthan govt announces ‘Camel Protection and Development Policy’
Highlights:
- Rajasthan, the state government has announced a ‘Camel Protection and Development Policy’ in its budget 2022-23.
- According to the government figures, less than two lakh camels are left in Rajasthan and in the entire country, the number of camels has reduced by 1.5 lakh since 2012.
- There were about 2.5 lakh camels left when counted last in 2019.
- Camel is the state animal of Rajasthan and their number is continuously decreasing.
- The Rajasthan government had declared the camel as the state animal in 2014.
- About 85% of the country’s camels are found in Rajasthan followed by Gujarat, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh.
- World Camel Day is observed every year on 22 June to recognize the importance of camels to the livelihood of a large population.
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