In an effort to promote breeding of indigenous cows and raising the income of cow herders, the Yogi Adityanath government has decided to offer a grant of Rs 40,000 for the purchase of indigenous cows from other states under the Nand Baba Milk Mission covered under Mukhyamantri Pragatisheel Pashupalak Protsahan Yojana.
According to the governments scheme, cow herders who purchase Sahiwal, Tharparkar and Gir cows from other states will receive a subsidy on the amount spent on other items such as transportation, transit Insurance and animal insurance.
This subsidy will be given to cow herders on the purchase of a maximum of two indigenous breeds of cows.
Milk Commissioner and Mission Director Shashi Bhushan Lal Sushil said that under the Nand Baba Milk Mission, various issues related to transportation have been cleared for purchasing cows of indigenous breeds like Sahiwal from Punjab, Tharparkar from Rajasthan and Gir from Gujarat.
According to this, Sahiwal, Gir and Tharparkar cows will get Rs 10,000 for producing 8-12 kg of milk per day and Rs 15,000 for producing more than 12 kg. On the other hand, Rs 10,000 will be given to a Haryana cow for giving 6-10 kg of milk per day and Rs 15,000 for giving more than 10 kg of milk. Apart from this, Rs 10,000 will be given for producing 6-8 kg of milk per day for Gangatiri cows and Rs 15,000 for producing more than eight kg of milk.