Livestock rearing has a big potential for providing non-farm employment and income in rural areas. Discuss suggesting suitable measures to promote this sector in India.

OPU-IVF for the Badri breed shows how assisted reproduction and premium A2 milk can raise livestock incomes in remote hill villages, offering one concrete measure.

• The first Badri calf produced through OPU-IVF was born on 11 September 2026, through ICAR-NDRI, Karnal and G. B. Pant University, Pantnagar, carried by a Sahiwal recipient cow.
• One elite donor can yield many embryos carried by other cows, multiplying her genes far faster than natural breeding; Badri milk, rich in A2 beta-casein, fetches premium prices.
• Limits to address: the method is costly and needs trained staff and laboratories, so services must be extended through State livestock boards to reach ordinary hill farmers.