Cattle-rearing is Chhattisgarh's ancient tradition and milk is important for our mental and physical development, said Chief Minster Raman Singh while inaugurating the JK Trust’s ‘Mobile Embryo Transfer and In-vitro Fertilisation’ lab at Akaltara of Janjgir-Champa district here on Wednesday. While lauding the efforts of JK Trust, the Chief Minister said that the Group’s contribution towards improving breeds of local cows and buffalows are noteworthy.
“Through IVF technique, research is going on for conserving the hereditary traits of local cattle breeds. JK Trust has target artificial insemination of 1,000 cows in one year,” Singh said while saying that these efforts would certainly help in improving cattle breeds which in turn will boost the milk production. Agriculture Minister, Brijmohan Agrawal , said that his government was motivating farmers to take up animal husbandry. He informed that the government had planned to offer subsidy of `6 lakh over loan of Rs 12 lakh.