With an aim to strengthen the economic condition in rural areas of the people the State, the State Government has set a target to link 24 lakh people with the agricultural and animal husbandry sector in the coming four years, said Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Co-operative Minister, Badal on Tuesday.
Assessing the officials of the Animal Husbandry Department during the refreshers course programme organised by the department in the State Capital, Badal said that along with farming, people should also be encouraged for animal husbandry; work is being done in this direction. “Chief Minister Livestock Scheme will prove to be a milestone in achieving this goal, this plan will be launched 100 percent on the ground and work will have to be done together in this direction,” he added.
Badal said that it is the effort of the State Government that the State should have modern veterinary hospitals and they should be counted among the best veterinary hospitals in the Country, everyone’s cooperation is expected in this as well as we have to improve the condition of the Veterinary College, to strengthen it. It is very necessary for the Animal Husbandry to have a better Veterinary College, he added.
The Minister also said that the objective of the Government is that the people of the State should get the benefit of the welfare schemes being run by the State Government. “For this we have to work very hard and we work with a vision while ensuring the economic soundness of the people. We have been accountable to our actions and work with honesty,” he added.
The Director Animal Husbandry, Nancy Sahay, said that the people of the district, along with the department, are working hard in this to get benefit from the welfare schemes run by the Government. “The entire focus of the department is to put the plans on the ground. Mukhyamantri Pashudhan Yojana is an ambitious plan to strengthen the economic condition of the farmers and the department is working on it to ensure its full success,” he added.
Sahay said the refresher course less training program for skill and capacity development of veterinarians. “This training program will run from March 16 to 19. “Every day, veterinarians from different parts of the State will be trained. In this training program, veterinarians will be informed about the emerging diseases of Livestock and Poultry,” she added.
Veterinarians, all animal husbandry department officials and district animal husbandry officers and others were present on the occasion.