PM’s pet project Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog was formed in 2019 but has been without chairman due to ‘lack of govt interest’ with funds unutilised. Cow welfare bodies lacking in states too.
Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, who also holds the finance portfolio, made the announcement while tabling the state’s budget for FY 2023-24 in the Vidhan Sabha Friday.
Set up in 2019 under the Union animal husbandry ministry, Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog was tasked with providing direction for the implementation of schemes related to cattle.
In a report tabled in Parliament, panel also found no veterinary hospitals were strengthened or established in the last 4 years for livestock such as cows, buffaloes, sheep and goats among others.
Animal husbandry department is experimenting with IVF technology to produce better breed of cows and will soon sell embryos to farmers at subsided prices.
Officials say cattle dung worth Rs 1,730 crore will be procured annually from gothans. This will then be used to produce vermicompost worth over Rs 2,300 crore.
Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog’s head Vallabhbhai Kathiria tells ThePrint they plan to give away healthy cows to farmers, while sick ones will be kept at gaushalas.
Indians see West Asia as one uninterrupted wash of Islam, but the reality is more complex. For the Druze, support from Israel—where they are a recognised minority—is now critical.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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