The ‘A-HELP’ training programme is being jointly launched in the country from Bhopal on July 23 by the Union Ministry of Rural Development and Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.
In the programme, members of women self-help groups registered under State Rural Livelihood Mission, who are helping in various animal husbandry activities in the form of Pashu Sakhi, will be trained as ‘A-HELP’ (Accredited Agent for Health and Extension of Livestock Production).
Animal Husbandry and Dairying Minister Prem Singh Patel and Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Mahendra Singh Sisodia, Secretary, Central Panchayat and Rural Development Department, Additional Secretary, Joint Secretary, Karnataka, Bihar, Jharkhand, Principal Secretaries of the states and various departments of the Government of Madhya Pradesh, Additional Chief Secretary, senior officers and participants will take part. The programme will start at 10 am on Saturday in Golden Jubilee Auditorium of Academy of Administration. The logo will also be released in the programme.
‘A-HELP’ are community based women activists, who assist veterinarians in local departmental activities help livestock farmers to take loans for entrepreneurship development, fill applications, mark the ear tagging of animals and register them in INAF portal and help with insurance etc. ‘A-HELP’ assistance can be taken in implementating of various schemes and in providing information to the farmers at grassroots level. This will also provide a source of income to ‘A-HELP’.