The Uttar Pradesh government will get a headcount done of cows and other bovines in the state, according to a decision taken at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
The government has allocated a sum of Rs 7.86 crore for the cow census.
Along with it, the state government would also get a census of buffaloes, pigs, goats and sheep done.
According to officials, a survey of the number of cows was done in 2012 when the population stood at 205.66 lakh, buffaloes at around 306.25 lakh, 155.86 lakh of sheep and goats and 13.34 lakh pigs. A headcount will now be done to know the exact number of the cattle, an official spokesman said.