India is the third-largest producer of eggs globally. The country increased its production of eggs from 78.48 billion in 2014-15 to 122.11 billion in 2020-21. The annual growth rate of egg production was 4.99 percent during 2014-15, thereafter, there has been a significant improvement in egg production with 10.19 percent growth registered in 2019-20* over the previous year.

The per capita availability of eggs was 92 eggs per annum in 22020-21. Poultry production in India has taken a quantum leap in the last four decades, emerging from the use of unscientific farming practices to commercial production systems with state-of-the-art technological interventions.