Assessment of economic feasibility and self-sufficiency of gaushalas in Uttar Pradesh

The old, stray, unproductive, infertile and injured cows are kept in shelter houses that are called as “Gaushalas”. Besides providing shelter to wandering cows, Gaushala have also helped in rescuing injured, infirm and unproductive cow. To address the social and religious concerns surrounding stray cattle, the government is tackling this complex issue by constructing numerous Gaushalas equipped with ample space for their proper management. Such Gaushalas can provide shelter to large number of unproductive and old stray cattle and its functioning runs with government support and public donations. Aim of study was to know ground level appraisal of Gaushalas for identify hindrance in smooth running of Gaushalas. The present study was carried out with an objective of assessment of economic feasibility of Gaushalasthat are spread across the Agra Division. An ex post-facto research design was used for the study. The study area was purposive selected and 100 Gaushalas Gaushalas were randomly chosen with the null hypothesis setting was all gaushalas don’t have significant differences in dependent variable between the groups of gaushalas. The findings of the study revealed that (97.40%) of incomeof all Gaushalas were come from public donation and governmentaid and only 4.00 percent of Gaushalas were selling milkand by -products like compost, dung and medicinewhich were prepared by cow dung and cow urine. It was also observed that major expenses (92%) were found on feed and fodder followed by miscellaneous expenses (4.7%) as major operational expenses in Gaushalas in the study area.