In the villages of MP, now like ASHA workers who take care of the health of women and children, animal companions will be ready to take care of the health of animals. Self Help Groups (SHGs) of women will be formed in villages with the joint effort of Animal Husbandry Department and Panchayat and Rural Development Department of MP.
Pashu Sakhi is a Community Animal care Service Provider (CASP) which will enable the last mile coverage in rural areas where clinical services for livestock is not available on time or expensive to afford for rural poor
Pashu Sakhi will be given basic training related to animal husbandry so that when complaints of minor diseases of animals are received in the area, they can deal with them at their own level. Along with this, they were also instructed to give training related to dairy. In such a situation, along with the care of the animals, the quantity of milk will increase. Officials also claim that after this training of Pashu Sakhi, milk production will increase by 25 percent in the district.
Director of Animal Husbandry Department, Dr. RK Mehia said that 'A-HELP' training programme will be conducted in the country from Bhopal. In this programme, women members of Self-Help Groups (SHGs) registered in the State Rural Livelihood Mission, who are supporting animal husbandry activities in the form of Pashu Sakhi, will be given 'A-HELP' (Accredited Agent for Health and Extension of Livestock Production). ) will be trained.
In the programme, jointly organised by the Union Ministry of Rural Development and the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying on 23 July, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Minister Prem Singh Patel and Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Mahendra Singh Sisodia along with Secretary, Additional Secretary, Joint Secretary, Central Panchayat and Rural Development Department, Karnataka, Bihar, Jharkhand, Principal Secretaries of the states and Additional Chief Secretaries of various departments of MP, senior officers will be present. The programme will start at 10:00 am on Saturday at the Golden Jubilee Auditorium of the Academy of Administration. The insignia will also be released in it.
At present, in between four-five villages of MP, even in some areas, there is a veterinary hospital in 20 villages. In such a situation, by training Pashu Sakhi to take care of animals in village-village, it will help to promote animal husbandry in villages and keep them healthy.