Punjab Government has chalked out a plan to encourage unemployed youth to go for allied sectors including dairy, goat and pig farming.
In this regard, the Punjab Dairy Development has decided to start awareness campaign for goat, pig farming, and other such areas in all the districts of the State. Under this plan, the Animal Husbandry Department is also focusing on providing training to milk producers about new techniques to enhance milk production, said Animal Husbandry Minister Gulzar Singh Ranike on Tuesday.
He said that a 45-day professional training would be imparted to milk producers to keep them abreast of new techniques in the field of dairy farming. “Under this training programme, farmers would also be trained about production of various milk products,” he added.
Minster said that the State Government is committed to bring White Revolution in the State and attract more farmers towards dairy farming. “25 per cent financial aid is being provided to general category and 33 per cent to SC category to purchase milk producing animals,” he added.
Meanwhile, the Punjab Government has notified a policy for involvement of established and leading private training providers (PTP) in the field of skill development in department of Technical Education and Industrial Training.
The policy is aimed at developing skills of the State’s youth on latest courses and technologies of skill development through PTPs in industrial training institutes of the State, an official spokesman said. Prospective PTPs are invited to submit their proposal on prescribed format to start training programmes in Government industrial training institutes (ITIs) in Punjab, he said.