Bareilly becomes India’s hub for pioneering cattle-genetics project with ₹1,500 crore investment

BL Agro is investing ₹1,500 crore to build an integrated dairy and cattle-genetics ecosystem in India. The initiative will use genomic selection and advanced reproductive technologies to strengthen indigenous breeds, improve milk yields and expand domestic production of elite genetics.

Bareilly is emerging as a test bed for India’s cattle-genetics ambitions. A new project there pairs advanced breeding science with dairy production.
The aim is higher yields, stronger indigenous lines and a more organised market for farmers.

According to reports from the Cattle Genomics Summit 2026 in Bareilly, BL Agro has announced an investment of ₹1,500 crore in its biotechnology arm, Leads Genetics, to build an integrated dairy and genetics ecosystem. The plan brings together a breed-improvement farm, IVF-ET laboratory, MOET facility, pathology lab and genomics lab under one roof, with the model expected to be replicated in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh.

At the centre of the effort is the use of genomic selection to develop superior cattle. The company says elite Gir calves have already been born through the programme, a milestone it presents as one of the country’s first major breed-improvement successes of this kind. It claims suitably selected animals could eventually produce 40 to 60 litres of milk a day, though actual output will still depend on feed, care and farm conditions.

Chairman Ghanshyam Khandelwal says farmers will remain the crucial link in the chain. The wider goal, according to the company, is to strengthen indigenous breeds, produce elite bulls, embryos and sexed semen domestically, and scale monthly embryo production to about 15,000 by the end of 2027.