On the occasion of World Tribal Day on Monday, Livestock distribution camp under KCC card and Chief Minister Pashudhan Yojna by the Department of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Cooperation, Government of Jharkhand was completed at the local Nagar Bhawan, Hazaribagh.
In this event, various assets and cheques were distributed by the Department of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Food Development. This program was jointly inaugurated online by Chief Minister Hemant Soren and Agriculture Minister Badal. Through this programme, five beneficiaries for broiler poultry farming were given symbolic approval by the Animal Husbandry Department for this scheme under the Chief Minister Pashudhan Vikas Yojana.
Approval letters was handed over for 500 broiler rearing units on grant. On the occasion, Animal Husbandry Officer Newton Tirkey said that at present, the Centrally Sponsored Scheme National Artificial Insemination and National Animal Disease Control Program is being run by the Animal Husbandry Department and for identification of all milching animals, tagging with 12 digit UID number and registered in INFPS free of cost.
He said that at present goat development scheme, pig development scheme, backyard layer poultry, broiler poultry rearing and duck chick distribution scheme are in operation.On the occasion of this program, approval letter of 1325 KCC loan amounting to 568 lakh was also distributed among the farmers of the district.