The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) has sanctioned a sum of about Rs 30 crore for production of high genetic merit bulls in Haryana.
Chairman of Haryana livestock Development Board, Santosh Sharma said that two projects — production of high genetic merit Haryana bulls through pedigree selection of over Rs 5 crore and production of high genetic merit Murrah bulls through progeny testing programme of Rs 24.72 crore has been sanctioned for this purpose.
Sharma said that Haryana is credited with having world’s best breed of buffalo Murrah as well as one of the best breeds of cows namely Hariana. He said that Haryana is the first State to provide economic security to the farmers for rearing of milch animals. The milch animals in Haryana are being provided insurance cover under various schemes funded by Union and State Government.
The Chairman said that the milch animals of fifteen districts are covered under livestock Insurance Scheme funded by Union Government. Annually, more than 65 thousand animals are insured with an expenditure of about Rs 4 crore.
The plan of the Government is to make available 80,000 proven Murrah bulls for natural service and 7,000 for semen production. For Murrah breed of buffalo, the Project Sanctioning Committee of Union Government has sanctioned Murrah Bull Production Programme to the State and fixed a target of production of 20 thousand bulls. During the year 2013-14, about 950 two-day training programmes would be organised in Government veterinary hospitals across the State.