National Livestock Mission & Rashtriya Gokul Mission realigned

Pashu Sandesh, 27 April 2022

As part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav and Kisan Bhagidhari Prathmiktha Hamari Abhiyan, the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying are organizing an awareness Programme on Entrepreneurship schemes and other beneficiary oriented flagship programs of the Department. It is being done through the Common Service Centers network by holding 8000 village-level camps across the country. This is being organized from 25^th April to 28^th April 2022. Each day one lakh farmers will be joining through Common Service Centers across the country.

Sanjeev Kumar Balyan, Minister of State for Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying addressed the farmers connected yesterday through camps and informed them that realigned National Livestock Mission(NLM) and Rashtriya Gokul Mission(RGM) schemes now have a component of breeder farm entrepreneurs and fodder entrepreneurs. One lakh farmers from Northern Eastern region states, Bihar, Odisha West Bengal participated, NLM will help in creating rural Entrepreneurship and help in creating better livelihood opportunities for unemployed youth and livestock farmers in the Cattle, Dairy, poultry, sheep, goat, piggery, feed and fodder sector paving the way towards Atma Nirbhar Bharat.  He emphasized the importance of adopting advanced breeding technologies and their implementation at the ground level. He also requested farmers to promote Artificial Insemination (AI) and silage making availing the benefits of various existing central schemes.