In a regional review meeting with state government officials held at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Secretary Alka Upadhyaya emphasized feed and fodder availability and asked states to constitute a task force to address the easy availability of balanced ration.
Alka Upadhyaya highlighted that the livestock sector is consistently growing at a high Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 7.67% from 2014-15 to 2021-22 (at constant prices) which is attributed to parameters of the Livestock Sector such as Dairy, Bovine, Poultry, Goatery/Piggery etc. Further, the livestock sector has contributed around 30.19% during the year 2021-22 in total agriculture and allied sector GVA (at constant prices).
The meeting was attended by the senior officers of the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying along with the Directors, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Department of Western States in order to discuss the progress of the implementation of the programmes/schemes of the Department.
Secretary (AHD) also reviewed the status of vaccination against FMD and brucella, operationalisation of Mobile Veterinary Units (MVUs), milk situation, fodder situation etc. across the country. She directed that each state should prepare micro plans for further actions. She advised that States need to accelerate FMD, Brucella and PPR vaccination. She also insisted that awareness campaigns should to be organized at gram panchayat level across States with active participation of Union Government, State Governments and District Officials for better outreach of scheme benefits to the livestock and dairy farmers.
