Women members of State Doodh Samities will be given hybrid cows under Ganga, Gai (Cow) Mahila Deri Yojana (GGMDY) in the State, said Uttarakhand labour, Employment, Small Scale Industries, Khadi and Village Industries and Dairy Development Minister Harish Chandra Durgapal while presiding over a meeting of the department officials at Vidhan Sabha’s auditorium on Saturday.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat had recently announced this scheme, he added.
In the presence of department officials, a plan was drafted to provide hybrid cows to the women member of Doodh Sahkarita Samiti under the GGMDY in the State. GGMDY aims at encouraging women for their self- employment. The minister has directed the officers to draft a broad plan in the field of white revolution (milk production) based on Chief Minister’s recently direction.
He said that on the occasion of Janmashtami (September 5, 2015), around 600 hybrid cows will be distributed among woman members of Doodh Sahkarita Samiti, belonging to plains and mountainous parts of the state. The Chief Minister Rawat would launch this scheme in a programme held in Dehradun on September 5. Five women of each district will be given hybrid cows and remaining beneficiaries would get a cheque equivalent to the prices of cows. Under GGMDY, the members of Doodh Sahkari Samiti would be given loan of Rs 20, 000 to purchase cows. In the year 2015-16, around 4285 women will be benefited under the scheme.