Cow Dung is 5 times more valuable than meat and leather

Data coming out of the Central Statistical Organization (Government of India), has shown that Indians earn a lot of money from Dung fuel and Dung manure of livestock. The numbers are a grand total for all livestock and not limited to cows only.

Comparing two data periods the estimated revenues are below

Dung fuel

1999-2000 = Rs.4,295 crores

2007-2008 = Rs.8,415 crores

Dung Manure

1999-2000 = Rs. 6,238 crores

2007-2008 = Rs.10,086 crores

Looking at 2007-08, the combined revenue from dung adds up to a whopping Rs.18,501 crores. While the reports do not make this assumption clear, this is more likely than not the value of dung that was sold by the livestock owners.

Total Revenues from Livestock

1999-2000 = Rs. 129,531 crores

2007-2008 = Rs. 240,601 crores

It is obvious that over 8 years, the total revenues from livestock have pretty much doubled.