by Punjabnewswire4u (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, SEPT 12
The Punjab Government today
approved a ‘Mega Dairy and Poultry Mission’ opening a new vista for
diversification in the agriculture sector providing a hope for a bright future
to the farmers of the state.
In
a high-level meeting, the Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal
while approving the mega mission said that we have to take Punjab agriculture
on the higher orbit of development, keeping in view the saturation reached in
the agriculture production, providing viable and futuristic diversification
alternative to the farmers and to create dairy and poultry industry of
international standards in Punjab.
Focusing
on doubling the production of Milk and Poultry products in the state, Mr. Badal
said that the mission was approved with the intension of making Punjab No. 1
state in these areas. He asked the department to finalise the blueprint of
incentivising dairy farmers, chalk out a special program for diary farms,
commercial dairy farms, financial pattern of these dairy farms, their linkeages
with the cold chains or stakeholders and focusing on improvement of breed of
milch-cattle to raise the milk production. Mr. Badal said that concerned
department would work in a coordinated manner in this mission.
Mr.
Badal said that the department should focus on importing semen of highest yield
cattle via global tenders and if need we should work out a scheme to import
high-milk yield cattle from a country, whose weather conditions were in tune
with Indian conditions. He said that department should work out a detailed
proposal to provide imported cattle to the dairy farms and educate them in
latest techniques of dairy farming.
Impressing
upon the need of adopting latest technology in Dairy and Poultry farming, Mr.
Badal said that we would have to improve the standard of milk and poultry
products according to international norms to facilitate their export to other
countries. He said that with Integrated Check Post at Attari becoming fully
functional there was a vast scope to export south-east Asian countries and to
Gulf.
Asking
for statewide herd census, Mr. Badal said that the mission headquarter must
have detail of each cattle along with the name and photograph of owners. He
said that it would be the responsibility of mission to work out a detailed plan
for veterinary care of all breeds of cattle.
Stressing
on the need for involving stakeholders for the success of this Mega Dairy and
Poultry mission, Mr. Badal said that we must involve Multi National Companies
procuring milk from Punjab for the success of
this mission.
The
Mission director was asked to submit detailed
plan of action within 15 days. Prominent
amongst those were present in the meeting included Mr. P. S. Aujla, Principal
Secretary to Deputy CM, Mr. Jagpal Singh Sandhu, Principal Secretary Animal
Husbandry, Mr. Mandeep Singh Sandhu and Mr. Manvesh Singh Sidhu, Special
Principal Secretary to Deputy CM.
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