Goat is a multi functional animal and plays a significant role in the economy and nutrition of landless, small and marginal farmers in the country. Goat rearing is an enterprise which has been practiced by a large section of population in rural area. Goats can efficiently survive on available shrubs and trees in adverse harsh environment in low fertility lands where no other crops can be grown. In pastoral and agricultural subsistence societies in India, goat is kept as a source of additional income and as an insurance against disaster. Goats are among the main meat-producing animals in India, whose meat is one of the choicest meats and has huge domestic demand. The emerging favorable market conditions and easy accessibility to improved goat technologies are also catching the attention of entrepreneurs. Due to its good economic prospects, goat rearing under intensive and semiintensive system for commercial production has been gaining momentum. A number of commercial goat farms have been established in different regions of
the country.