Haryana Government on Friday said it is contemplating to implement a Rs 50 crore scheme to tackle the problem of stray cattle, especially foreign and crossbred cows.
Under this scheme, 90 per cent female calf would be produced in the veterinary institutes of the State through artificial insemination in such cows using sexed semen.
A spokesman of Animal Husbandry and Dairying Department said that efforts are being made to import the sexed semen technique for this purpose. Using sexed semen for artificial insemination is a pragmatic and easy way for quick production of dairy animals of the desired sex.
The spokesman said that the State Government has taken effective steps for conservation and development of buffaloes of famous murrah breed. The Integrated Murrah Development Programme has been promoted in the State. During the present State Government, 5,716 buffaloes of this breed have been identified upto December 2017.
He said that for the livelihood of deprived sections of the society, scheduled castes families are being encouraged to rear different kinds of cattle. A special provision of 50 per cent subsidy has been made for such families for the setting up of units of dairy, pig, sheep and goat. As many as 6257 unit of dairy, 199 of pig and 300 of sheet and goat has already been set up in the State Upto December 2017, he added.
Gokul Gram is being established at Government livestock Farm in Hisar. To achieve the objective of the Gokul Gram, cattle of Hariyana, Sahiwal and Tharparkar breed and the available basic facilities would be strengthened. Apart from this, a group would also be prepared for Gir breed of cows.
The spokesman said that the Animal Husbandry and Dairying Department contributes about 37 per cent in the Agricultural Gross Domestic product. The total annual milk production of the State has reached to 89.75 lakh ton in 2016-17 whereas, the per capita milk availability per day reached to 878 grams which is second in the country whereas the national milk availability is 329 grams.