Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying organized 4000 village-level camps

As part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahostav, the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying organized awareness Programmes on Entrepreneurship and other beneficiary-oriented schemes of the Department through a Common Service Centres network by holding 4000 village-level camps across the Aspirational Districts. Parshottam Rupala, Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, and Rajesh Kumar Singh, Secretary, Animal Husbandry and Dairying chaired the meeting on 22.02.2023 and 23.02.2023 respectively. Attendees were given complete information about these schemes, as well as how to apply on the scheme portal through the CSC itself. Around 2 lakh farmers joined the awareness Programme virtually from Common Service Centers.

Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying Parshottam Rupala addressed the farmers connected through camps and informed that the National Livestock Mission and Rashtriya Gokul Mission schemes now have a component of breeder farm entrepreneurs and fodder entrepreneurs. National Livestock Mission (NLM) will help in creating rural Entrepreneurship and help in creating better livelihood opportunities for unemployed youth and livestock farmers in the Cattle, Dairy, poultry, sheep, goat, piggery, feed, and fodder sectors paving the way towards Atma Nirbhar Bharat.

During the interaction with farmers, Rajesh Kumar Singh, Secretary, Animal Husbandry and Dairying emphasized that these schemes will bring a sharp focus on entrepreneurship development and breed improvement in rural poultry, sheep, goat, and piggery including feed and fodder development. The Government is implementing various schemes/programs to enhance poultry productivity, milk, and meat production, for attaining nutritional security, employment generation, and economic prosperity for the country. The overarching vision of the Department for the sector correlates to enhancement in the productivity of livestock in a sustainable and profitable manner. The impact and success of the schemes were explained with the help of presentations and videos.

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