Haryana Government has sanctioned Rs 600 lakh for scheme of Integrated Murrah Development 2013-14. The scheme aims to increase the population of Murrah breed of buffaloes in the State.
An official spokesman said that the duly identified male progeny of the recorded buffaloes will be purchased at an age of 12-18 months by the Government through a committee of departmental officers at a market sale price of Rs 10,000, Rs 18,000, Rs 20,000 and Rs 30,000 for the male calves of the recorded categories of buffaloes after negotiating with the owner. He said that prior to purchase, each young bull would be checked for breed characteristics, sexually transmitted diseases and subjected to basic Andrological examination. These young bulls would be transported to the centres located at Hisar, lakaria in district Jhajjar and Bhiwani and would be reared under scientific management.
He said that for the year 2013-14, there is a target to identify 10,000 top quality murrah buffaloes and to achieve this target, the outsourcing of one jeep on monthly basis for each district would be done to provide mobility to the staff. The villages with more than 50 recorded Murrah buffaloes and out of which one third being having 16 kg and above peak yield would be identified as ideal Murrah village and an incentive of Rs 5 lakh each would be provided to breeder societies of these villages under the scheme.
Once the identification of the buffaloes is accomplished, nominated mating would become a reality to undertake Field Progeny Testing Programme for evaluation of bulls for their milk-transmitting ability. He said that cash incentives amounting to Rs 5,000, Rs 10,000, Rs 15,000 and Rs 25,000 would be given to the owners of recorded buffaloes yielding 2600 to 3200 kg, 3200 kg to 3800 kg, 3800 kg to 5000 kg and above 5000 kg respectively.