- According to a concept note
on the DST website SUTRA-PIC or ‘Scientific Utilization Through Research
Augmentation Prime Products from Indigenous Cows’, has five themes:
- Uniqueness of Indigenous Cows
- Prime products from Indigenous Cows for Medicine and Health
- Prime products from Indigenous Cows for Agricultural Applications
- Prime products from Indigenous Cows for Food and Nutrition
- Prime products from Indigenous Cows based Utility Items
Causes for concern?
The programme does not encourage fair comparison with other breeds of cows around the world or other bovine species within India
