Punjab Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development Department has framed an ambitious policy to provide self employment to al teast 55 youngsters from each district, at their doorsteps in the field of dairy farming.
Sharing the information, the state Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu on Monday said that that the Department will encourage youth to opt for dairy farming which has plenty of scope to flourish and earn sizeable income with less input cost.
“Working in this direction, the Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development Department would commence a training programme from November 12 to impart training to dairy farmers on various new techniques prevalent worldwide in the field of dairy farming,” he said.
The Minister said that this training would be given at all Dairy Training and Development Centres, and the training module would cover topics like how to increase milk production with less input cost, latest available machinery and technology and its usage, modern marketing techniques to sell milk.
Sidhu said that dairy farming is profitable occupation and the Punjab Government is giving 25 to 33 percent subsidy on the purchase of Milch animals, purchase of milking machines and on the purchase of machinery to make various milk products at the village level.