Consider the following statements about the Rashtriya Gokul Mission : I. It is important for the upliftment of rural poor as majority of low producing indigenous animals are with small and marginal farmers and landless labourers. II. It was initiated to promote indigenous cattle and buffalo rearing and conservation in a scientific and holistic manner. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Explicit objectives listed for Rashtriya Gokul Mission include development/conservation of indigenous breeds and increasing milk production/productivity, and strategies mention delivering quality AI service at farmers' doorstep.

A student could infer that productivity-boosting services delivered to farmers may be intended to raise farm incomes and so check whether beneficiaries include small/marginal or poor rural farmers.

RGM-related items (NKBC, RGM Award, ePashuhaat) focus on conserving breeds, enhancing production and creating market platforms—components that typically aim to improve livestock returns.

One could extend this by examining whether market access and production enhancement measures are targeted or accessible to the rural poor (smallholders) to assess upliftment intent.

National Livestock Mission (a related livestock policy) explicitly lists productivity enhancement, entrepreneurship development and employment generation as objectives, including conservation of breeds and rural slaughterhouses.

Use this pattern that national livestock sub-missions aim at employment and entrepreneurship to check if RGM similarly lists rural employment/upliftment among its stated beneficiaries.

The IRDP (a rural poverty programme) explicitly includes livestock and poultry development as measures to assist targeted rural poor groups via income-enhancing activities.

A student can generalize that livestock-focused programmes have historically been used to uplift rural poor and therefore investigate whether RGM adopts similar targeting or subsidy mechanisms.

Textbook summary of rural development programmes shows government programmes aim to provide additional income sources to rural households, often via targeted schemes for small/marginal farmers.

Extend this rule by checking whether RGM is framed/implemented as a rural development/income-augmentation programme targeting disadvantaged rural groups.