To promote and popularize dairy farming and animal husbandry in the state, the department of Animal Husbandry is facilitating establishment of dairy units under various bankable Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) where 25% to 33% back ended subsidy is available. Likewise sheep and goat units are established under various State/CSS bankable schemes, where 25% to 33% back ended subsidy is also available.This information was given by Minister for Animal and Sheep Husbandry, Abdul Gani Kohli while replying to a question raised by Mr. Ajatshatru in the Legislative Council.The Minister said from 2007 to 2015, 45.37 lakh MTs of milk have been produced. Similarly, 594 lakh Kgs of mutton and 1072 lakh Kgs of poultry meat were produced during this period.Kohli further said the department is regularly conducting training/ awareness camps across the state, wherein farmers and especially un-employed youth are being trained and made aware of prospects of dairy farming.
The huge gap of local production and demand of major livestock products is presently being met through imports. The department is in the process of framing long term strategy so as to attract capital investment in livestock sector and fodder development, he added.The Minister further said that Under Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme (DEDS), 25% subsidy is being provided to general category and 33% subsidy in case of SC/ST to the dairy entrepreneurs for establishment of 2 to 10 cow dairy unit. He said similarly, under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY), 25% subsidy is provided to the dairy entrepreneurs for establishment of dairy units of 5, 10, 15 and 20 animals.Also, under Sheep/Goat sector a state sector, subsidy oriented scheme called “Mini Sheep Farm scheme is in vogue in the state wherein Rs 0.60 lakh is provided subsidy for establishment of 50 EWEs unit, the minister said. Likewise under RKVY Sheep/Goat units are established in a retrieval mode, wherein 10/25 Ewes are issued to a beneficiary free of cost and 2 Ewes/5 Ewes are retrieved from the beneficiary after three years.