Animal Husbandry Minister Lakhan Singh Yadav released the State’s Sire (Nandi) Directory and Livestock Insurance Scheme poster today. He said that this directory published by the Central Semen Institute, Bhopal, will give detailed information about various types of Sires to the cattle rearers and they will be able to select the advanced varieties of semen for artificial insemination of their animals.
Yadav said that at present the only semen institute in Madhya Pradesh is located in Bhopal. It has a facility of keeping about 205 sires. Presently sires are available for collection of semen in this institute.
A total of 16 breeds of milching animals are kept in the institute which has milching breeds of sires like Gir, Tharparkar, Murra etc. He told that sires of high milk yielding breeds like Jersey and HF have also been kept in this institute. The Animal Husbandry Minister said that the directory contains details of 198 sires in each page which includes a few buffalo and remaining bovine sires.
The Minister said that the cattle-rearers are being given pointwise information about livestock insurance through the poster released today. He said that about one thousand posters have been sent for distribution to cattle-rearers in each district.
Yadav said that the livestock insurance scheme has been implemented in each district of the state. In this the cattle-rearers would be able to get all kinds of cattle along with their milching cattle insured. Each beneficiary will be able to get his 5 cattle insured. An animal unit of 10 animals will be considered in the category of sheep, goat, pig, etc.
Minister Shri Yadav said that 50 percent subsidy will be given to APL category cattle-rearers and 7- per cent to BPL and SC/ST category cattle-rearers on insurance premium by the State Government.
The remaining amount will be paid by the cattle-rearer. The maximum rate of insurance premium will be 3 percent for one year and 7.50 percent for 3 years. Insurance can be done for a minimum of one year and maximum of 3 years.
Additional Chief Secretary Manoj Shrivastava, Managing Director Poultry Development Corporation HBS Bhadouria and In charge of Central Semen Institute Dr. Deepali Deshpande along with other officers were present in the programme.