Rashtriya Gokul Mission envisages development and conservation of indigenous bovine breeds.
About:
The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying is implementing RGM for development and conservation of indigenous bovine breeds since December 2014.
The scheme is important for enhancing milk production and productivity of bovines to meet the growing demand of milk and making dairying more remunerative for the rural farmers of the country.
Objectives
To enhance productivity of bovines and increasing milk production in a sustainable manner using advance technologies.
To propagate use of high genetic merit bulls for breeding purposes.
To enhance Artificial insemination coverage through strengthening breeding network and delivery of Artificial insemination services at farmers doorstep.
To promote indigenous cattle & buffalo rearing and conservation in a scientific and holistic manner.
Funding Pattern: All the components of Scheme will be implemented on 100% grant-in-aid basis except the components of:
accelerated breed improvement programme under the component subsidy of Rs 5000 per IVF pregnancy will be made available to participating farmers as GoI share;
promoting sex sorted semen under the component subsidy upto 50% of the cost of sex sorted semen will be made available to participating farmers and
establishment of breed multiplication farm under the component subsidy upto 50% of the capital cost maximum upto Rs.2.00 crore of the project will be made available to entrepreneur.
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