Mahajan et al.

Table 1. Details of estimate of meat production in 2009-10 (in

corporate houses frame their policies and strategies at

‘000 tonnes)

state/ regional level and since (as shown in our analysis)

the NE region is predominantly meat-consuming it makes

Mutton

Cattle

States

and

and

Pork* Chicken* Fish**

Total

studying the consumption pattern of different types of

Goat* Buffalo*

meat indispensable for them. Further, the study of demand-

AP

3

14

3

1

2.65

23.65

supply imbalance across the states will help in gaining

information on meat-surplus and meat-deficient ones. The

Assam

8.20

5.3

13

5

218.82

250.32

study of rural-urban imbalance in meat consumption will

Manipur

0.4

11

7

6

19.2

43.6

help the respective governments to frame their policies so

Meghalaya

1

23

10

4

4.33

43.6

as to reduce this differential and more equitable pattern of

Mizoram

0.1

3.1

5

1

3.25

12.45

meat consumption is ensured.

Nagaland

1.8

33

31

0

6.36

72.16

There are a limited number of earlier attempts that looked

Sikkim

0.04

2

0.31

1

0.16

3.51

into meat consumption in India as a whole or at state/

Tripura

2

0

8

12

42.28

64.28

regional level. These include Sinha and Giri (1989);

NE total

16.54

91.40

77.31

30

297.05

512.30

Gandhi and Mani (1995); Dastagiri (2004). However, none

India total

1155

893

391

2087

7997.98

12523.98

of these studies offer a comprehensive picture particularly

PC of NE

1.43

10.24

19.77

1.44

3.71

4.09

for meat consumption in India or at the regional/states

level and they are also quite outdated. Gandhi and Zhou

(2010) is the latest study on livestock product consumption

Note : AP=Arunachal Pradesh, NE=North Eastern States,

PC=Percentage

(including different types of meat) which deals extensively

Source: *Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics 2012

on the issue but again remainfocussed at national level.An

**Handbook on Fisheries Statistics 2011

evaluation of NE states’ meat consumption with the latest

Table 2. Estimated consumption of different types of meat in NE states in 2009-10 (in ‘000 kg)

Chevon/

Beef/

States

Fish/ Prawn

Pork

Chicken

Others

Total

Mutton

Carabeef

AP

3912.79

564.12

1745.52

1439.32

2234.36

556.64

10452.74

Assam

153607.30

8469.05

15230.85

18789.35

39099.16

4413.92

239609.63

Manipur

7497.17

35.15

2335.38

1481.41

2279.28

1026.85

14655.25

Meghalaya

6363.34

379.01

8715.79

4075.93

2391.31

310.68

22236.06

Mizoram

1265.47

38.81

854.93

3995.30

1134.14

754.37

8043.02

Nagaland

2880.49

35.33

5674.24

5843.80

2193.06

1145.79

17772.72

Sikkim

435.83

231.62

1326.07

562.15

1028.64

18.79

3603.10

Tripura

36818.45

542.16

409.40

3580.09

7433.05

352.15

49135.29

NE

212780.83

10295.25

36292.18

39767.35

57793.00

8579.19

365507.81

India

2235600

489600

363600

57843.07

1094400

29191.76

4270234.83

PC of NE

9.52

2.10

9.98

68.75

5.28

29.39

8.56

Source: Authors’ estimates from NSSO unit level data

Note: AP=Arunachal Pradesh, NE=North Eastern States, PC=Percentage

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