Minister for Dairy Development S.M. Nasar on Wednesday introduced a scheme to supply two lakh cows to farmers to strengthen the dairy sector in the State.
Speaking on the demand for grants for the Dairy Development Department in the Assembly, he mentioned Nabard’s NABSanrakshan would stand assure for the cattle, which might be procured by means of loans secured from nationalised and cooperative banks. Efforts would be taken to extend the variety of buffaloes by encouraging breeding. There are 16 lakh milch animals beneath the cooperative fold at current, of which round 10 lakh yield milk.
An incentive of ₹1 per litre would be provided to milk-pouring farmers, who convey milk with 4.3% fats and eight.2% solids non-fat. This would be executed by means of milk testing and spot acknowledgement to make sure high quality of milk.
The Tamil Nadu Cooperative Milk Producers Federation additionally plans to supply insurance coverage protection to round 5 lakh cows. At current, round 1.17 lakh cows are lined beneath the insurance coverage scheme. “The aim is to provide coverage to as many cattle as possible since it has been a long-pending demand of producers,” mentioned a supply in Aavin.
It will arrange a household safety fund for all retired pensioners the place after the dying of the pensioner, the authorized inheritor would get ₹50,000 as one-time help. As far because the 24,000-odd staff of cooperative societies are involved, a corpus fund on the traces of the Anna Nala Nidhi would be created and their households would get help for training and marriage of their kids. He mentioned an Act to control the trade encompassing the cooperative dairy sector would be introduced out quickly. He additionally introduced the formation of a coverage for the dairy sector. Other States together with Andhra Pradesh have such insurance policies.
