software for a Cattle Breeding Information System (CABRIS) was formally handed over to the Pondicherry State Husbandry Minister Mr N Rangasamy in the inaugural function of a regional seminar on Bovine Herd Fertility on February 22, 1995. The Minister, in turn, handed over the package to Dr K Raghunathan, Director, Department of Animal Husbandry. CABRIS was initially developed by the Kerala State Unit of the National Informatics Centre and later fine-tuned for implementation in Pondicherry by the Pondicherry Union Territory Unit of NIC. The cattle breeding programme in Pondicherry was initiated back in 1980 when the frozen semen technology was introduced. Today, Pondicherry produces milk to the tune of 35,000 litres per day and has an animal population of 60,000. CABRIS was demonstrated to the delegates in a technical session on February 23, 1995.