Animal Husbandry Minister Ajay Vishnoi informed the Assembly on Wednesday that the State Government would emulate Brazil’s selective breeding technique to identify high-quality animals. Following the Minister’s reply, budgetary demand of Rs 710.88 cr were passed by voice vote.
While replying to a discussion on budgetary demands related to his Department, Vishnoi said, “A study team recently visited Brazil and The Netherlands. The Government will introduce Brazil’s electronic and visual tag technique.”
On the basis of the study team’s report, the regime would establish a foetus transplantation laboratory for which Rs 10 crore were allocated while a semen centre would be set up at a cost of Rs 3 cr. Both facilities would be established in the state capital.
An animal reproduction centre would also be set up here at a cost of Rs 4.34 cr next year. The Jabalpur-based College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry’s biotechnology laboratory would conduct tests for prenatal sex determination of calves and to determine their hereditary capacity.
The expenditure on the Animal Husbandry Department would be 21 per cent higher than the current fiscal’s figure. A provision of over Rs 176.58 cr was made under planned expenditure while over Rs 469.83 cr were earmarked for non-planned expenditure. The provision of planned expenditure is 32 per cent more than this fiscal’s figure.
Referring to Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s resolve to bring about a ‘white revolution’, Vishnoi said, “Average milk production at the national level has increased by 4.97 per cent while the state registered an increase of 8.45 per cent. A sum of Rs 419 lakh has been invested for enhancement of milk output that would be beneficial to over 1,500 animal rearers.”
Over Rs 15.27 cr were allocated for fisheries development and water bodies are being speedily developed for pisciculture. A sum of Rs 60 lakh was provided for the newly-constituted Madhya Pradesh Fishermen’s Welfare Board and 6,136 cards issued under a credit card scheme for fishermen. The Fisheries Federation doubled the amount of deferred wages for fishermen.