In a fresh initiative to establish dairying as an alternative profession in the remote areas of Chhattisgarh, the State Government has decided to extend financial assistance to tribals including persons from scheduled caste community under the State Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme of the livestock Development Department.
Under the scheme, the beneficiaries among the livestock keepers would be eligible to receive 33.33 per cent (grant of Rs1.67 lakh) of the total cost of the project while those from the general category would be eligible to receive 25 per cent as grant for the total cost of the project.
As per the information made available by the Directorate of Veterinary Services, the provision for financial assistance to the farmers and the livestock owners had already been made in the 2013-14 budget for boosting their income.
The scheme, the government hopes, would enable establishment of modern dairying units in the State.
This apart, under the State Dairying Fed Entrepreneurship Scheme, the State Government had made the initiative on establishment of smaller dairying units with a view to boosting income of farmers and livestock owners.
The maximum cost outlay of these dairying units is Rs5 lakh.