RAS question
The Kamdhenu Yojana of Rajasthan was launched primarily to achieve which of the following objectives?
Correct answer: (B) Improvement of indigenous cattle and buffalo breeds through scientific breeding and milk enhancement.
Rajasthan's Kamdhenu Yojana was primarily meant to improve and promote indigenous cattle and buffalo breeds through scientific breeding and milk-enhancement measures.
Explanation
Kamdhenu Yojana belongs to the livestock and dairy-development side of Rajasthan geography. The Rajasthan Economic Review 2021-22 states that the Kamdhenu dairy scheme was being operated under the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana for the promotion of indigenous breeds. That matches option B: the scheme is about improving native bovine stock, especially through breed improvement and milk-enhancement objectives, not about a separate livestock product or rural industry. The same official discussion places it near other breed-conservation efforts, which is why the key phrase in the answer is indigenous cattle and buffalo breeds. For RAS, the point is to identify the economic-geography objective of a Rajasthan state scheme, not merely its name.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Camel rearing and camel milk products are outside Kamdhenu Yojana's stated focus, which is promotion and improvement of indigenous bovine breeds.
- (C) Wool production and the carpet industry relate to wool-sector development, while Kamdhenu Yojana is framed around indigenous cattle and buffalo breed improvement.
- (D) Gaushala support is too narrow as an objective because the scheme's broader purpose is breed promotion and milk-linked improvement, not only shelter construction or stray-cattle management.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan's livestock economy and state schemes under agricultural geography. It recurs in RAS because dairy, indigenous breeds and RKVY-linked interventions connect geography with rural livelihoods and government programmes.