Bihar has seen notable year-on-year growth in the production of milk, eggs and meat during 2024-25, with growth rates in these sectors outpacing the national averages. However, the state’s per capita availability of these products remains significantly lower than the national figures, an analysis from the Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics 2025 reveals.

At a press conference in Patna on Wednesday, Additional Chief Secretary of the Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Department, Dr N Vijaya Lakshmi, shared the department’s statistics for the year.

Milk production in Bihar increased by 4.24%, reaching 13,397.69 thousand tonnes; egg production by 9.99% at 37,838.75 lakh eggs; and meat production by 4.03% with 420.59 thousand tonnes compared to the previous year. These growth rates surpassed the n

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