The Cabinet decided to implement the new National Mission scheme of the Government of India in the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying in the state.
The objective of the scheme is mainly cattle breed development, EMPLOYMENT generation, increasing the productivity of animals, bringing research to the field level and Entrepreneurship development. Including the above activities in the National Livestock Mission, three sub-missions have been formed.
The first is the Sub-Mission on Breed Development of Livestock and Poultry, the second is the Chari-Chara (Fodder) Development Sub-Mission and the third is the Innovation and Extension Sub-Mission. With the implementation of National Livestock Mission, the breed of animals in the state will improve. The productivity of animals will increase. New technology will be developed and reach at the the grassroots level. This will increase the income of livestock farmers.