Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi has suggested aligning the National livestock Mission with the State livelihood Mission.
His suggestion came at the State level Executive Committee Meeting of the National livestock Mission at the State Secretariat here on Monday. Fisheries and Animal Resource Development Department Secretary Bishnupada Sethi presented a Rs 25.33-crore Action Plan for 2017-18 fiscal.
The meeting decided to extend financial support to 17,000 below poverty line (BPl) families in setting up of backyard poultry farms.
The State Government would provide financial assistance to about 17,000 BPl families for backyard poultry farms. Each household would be provided with Rs 2,250 to buy 45 month-old chicks and Rs 1,500 for constructing a house to keep these birds.
The meeting also decided to include a total of one lakh goats, lambs, cows and buffaloes under insurance coverage. “The Government will bear 80 per cent of the premium for these insured animals,” an official said, adding tha the BPl families would bear only 40-50 per cent of the premium amount.
The meeting also stressed on increasing cattle feed production and development of skill in cattle rearing. The Chief Secretary also wanted provision of incentives to farmers to involve them in this effort.
The Government would provide assistance of Rs 30,000 for green fodder cultivation in one hectare of land, sources said.