CENTRALLY SPONSORED SCHEMES IN ANIMAL HUSBANDRY SECTOR IN HIMACHAL PRADESH .

To provide 100% coverage of Artificial Insemination to breedable cattle & buffaloes of the State and to provide door step delivery of Artificial Insemination services at farmer's premises :-

1. National Project on Cattle and Buffalo Development

National Project on Cattle and Buffaloes Development has been sanctioned by Govt. of India on 100% Central Assistance for 3 years. Total amount sanctioned under this project for Himachal Pradesh is Rs . 12.75 Crore . Grant -in-aid for implementing first phase of the project amounting to Rs . 3.20 Cores has been released. Project aims at strengthening of following activities of Animal Husbandry Department.

1 Strengthening of Liquid Nitrogen Storage, transport and distribution.

2 Strengthening of Sperm Stations ,Semen Banks and A.I. Centres .

3 Acquisition of high pedigree bulls for Sperm Stations and for Natural Service in remote areas.

4 Strengthening of training facilities .

5 Computerization.

2 . Assistance to State for Control of Animal Diseases(ASCAD)

Due to large scale Interstate Migration from adjoining states and lack of Nutrition grasses and fodder due to hilly topography most of animals are prone to various livestock diseases. Central Govt. has provided assistance to State Govt. for control of contagious diseases under ASCAD which is on the pattern of 75% Central Share and 25% State Share.

Haemorrhagic septisemia disease has been selected to be eradicated from the State during period of 10 th Five Year Plan under this project. Other diseases for which free vaccination is being provided to livestock owners under this project are FMD ,BQ,Enteroloxaemia,PPR,Ranikhet Disease Marek's disease and Rabies.

3. Centrally Sponsored Schemes under Distt . Rural Development Agency( DRDA).

Under Swan Jayanti Swarojgar Yojna ( SGSY) Dairy Development Project are being implemented by DRDA. A Dairy animal improvement project is being implemented in District Solan since 2001. On the Same pattern Dairy Development Project have been sanctioned for four more Districts on 75:25(Central Share : State Share) pattern and first installment of Central Share has been released to respective districts. Detail of Projects is as under :

Sr.No . Name of District Amount

1. Chamba 6.25 Crores

2. Hamirpur 5.87 Crores

3. Kangra 13.01 Crores .

4. Mandi 5.03 Crores .

Activities being covered under these Projects are as under : -

1. Genetic improvement.

2. Milch livestock improvement.

3. Improved feed and fodder development and management.

1. Marketing.

2. Improvement of breeding efficiency.

3. Extension and training.

4. Centrally Sponsored Schemes in Poultry Sector:-

To develop poultry sector in Himachal Pradesh Department is running following poultry development schemes especially in rural areas of the State.

1) Back Yard Poultry Development Scheme:

The Animal Husbandry Department has introduced Backyard Poultry Scheme under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme “Assistance to the State Poultry farms” which is a 80:20 scheme. The state share is in kind i.e. land, infrastructure, staff, etc. Since the medium and the large poultry farms have come up of late in the state due to the efforts of the department whereby training and other help in the form of project reports and opening of the units under subsidy have been provided to the poultry farmers. Therefore the department tried to give more attention to the small and marginal poultry farmers who have specific requirements w.r.t. the strain of the poultry bird provided. This is important because with the limited resources such group of poultry farmers need a disease resistant strain with local availability. This was ensured under the Backyard scheme where low input technology bird of coloured strain but disease resistant type are supplied to the farmers of the state @ Rs. 14/-chick of 2- 3 weeks age to prevent the early mortality. This scheme has been an instant success because it not only supplement the income of the poor farmers of the state but also provide nutrition of high order to them which is ample clear from the fact that about 2.00 lakhs chicks were distributed under the scheme last year.

Under the Backyard Poultry Scheme, various State Poultry farms are being strengthened while the Sundernagar and Nahan farms have been fully renovated. Works at Chauntra will be completed within a months time while the works at Palampur farm are 50% complete. The Chamba and Una farms too have been provided funds and the necessary estimates are being prepared prior the start of the strengthening works. The Government of India has sanctioned the following Projects:- 

1.       2001- 02                Poultry Farm, Nahan                          Rs. 21.05 lakh         

2.       2002- 03                Poultry Farm, Sundernagar                Rs. 59.87 lakh         

3.       2003- 04                Poultry Farm, Chauntra                      Rs. 27.40 lakh         

4.       2004–05                 Poultry Farm, Palampur                      Rs. 25.00 lakh 

5.       2005- 06                Poultry Farm, Una                              Rs. 58,72,500/- 

6.       2005- 06                Poultry Farm, Chamba                        Rs. 58,72,500/- 

Besides the above, a project proposal for the strengthening of the Poultry Farm, Kamlahi, Shimla has also been sent to the Government of India recently for the necessary sanction. This project is of Rs. 1,05,91,650/- while the Central share comes out to Rs. 84,73,320/-. Moreover where only Ist installment has been received, the department has taken with the G.O.I. to release the balance amount which is as follows:-

1.  Rs. 27.40 lakh for Poultry Farm, Chauntra

2.  Rs. 25.00 lakh for Poultry Farm, Palampur.

3.  Rs. 10.00 lakh ( appox.) for Poultry farm, Nahan where the sanctioned amount was less than the proposal.                                                                                                     

• Last year there were 7752 beneficiaries under the Backyard Poultry Scheme to whom 1,72,851 chicks were distributed.
• Till date 5 Meetings of the Technical Monitoring Committee have been held (11.8.2004, 3.12.2004, 23.6.2005, 7.10.2005 and 22.4.2006)

As per the feed back from the field small poultry units of both broilers and eggers of 20 to 50 numbers are becoming very popular. There for department with the help of Govt. of India has started a scheme on cost bases for development of backyard poultry. This scheme is on 80:20 pattern (Central Share : State Share). Under this scheme chicks in the multiples of 10 are provided to breeder @ Rs . 10/- per chick. Transportation of chicks to nearest road head to breeder is arranged by the Department.

To fully meet the demand of chicks few poultry farms of the State are also proposed to be strengthen under this scheme. Sundernagar and Nahan Hatcheries have already been strengthened. Strengthening of Poultry Farm Chauntra is proposed next. Rupees 54.80 lakh were sanctioned under this scheme for Himachal Pradesh and first installment of Rs.27.40 lakh has been received form Govt. of India.

5 Centrally Sponsored Schemes in Sheep Development.

In Himachal Pradesh because of ideal agro climatic conditions sheep rearing is a major occupation with majority of Agricultural house holds. To bring desired increase in quality and quantity of wool various centrally sponsored schemes are being run in the State by “ H.P.State Co-Operative Wool Procurement and Marketing Federation”.

1. Integrated Wool Improvement Programme :

This Project has been sponsored by Central Wool Development Board Jodhpur for the period of 4 years on the 100% Central Assistance pattern. This project is being implemented in District Chamba , Kangra & Kullu . Rupees 1.25 Crores as first year installment have been received by Wool Federation and are being spent on following activities:

• Breed improvement.
• Health Care.
• Training camps for sheep breeders.
• Assistance for marketing and product development of wool.
• Establishment of multipurpose extension centres.

2. Integrated Sheep and Wool Development Projects:

Integrated Sheep and Wool Development Project have been sponsored by Central Wool Development Board, Jodhpur on 100% Central Assistance. These projects are for duration of 3 years and are being implemented in following districts:

Sr.No . Name of District Grant released during year 2003-04

1. ISWDP Chamba -III 12.84 lakh

( Bharmour )

2. ISWDP Kangra -III 11.97 lakh

( Palampur/Dharamshala )

3. ISWDP Shimla 12.88 lakh

( Rohru/Chirgaon )

4. ISWDP Kinnaur -I 13.00 lakh .

Total 50.69 lakh

Following activities are being covered under these projects:

50,000 sheep are being covered in each district and following facilities are provided to the registered breeders

- Breed improvement.

- Health Care.

- Product development

- Marketing Assistance.

- Training camps for sheep breeders.

3. Continuous fiber dryer plant .

Rupees 7.55 lakh has been received by H.P.Wool Federation as 100% Central Assistance from Central Wool Development Board,Jodhpur for installation of continuous fiber Dryer Plant as an attachment to mini wool scouring Plant Palampur .

6. Integrated Angora Development Project :

Integrated Angora Development Project is being run in District Kullu and Sirmaur by the department of Animal Husbandry. This project is being sponsored by Central Wool Development Board Jodhpur on 100% Central Assistance Pattern.

A Germ Plasm Centre and Health & Nutrition Laboratory has been established at Nagwain District Mandi under this project and interested farmers are being provided a unit of 4 female + 1 male rabbit free of cost along with feed, medicines and cages. 50 units have been sanctioned for both the districts. Project duration is of 3 years.

7 . Project proposals pending with Govt. of India .

1. Project proposal namely “ Improvement of Angora Wool in Himachal Pradesh” has been submitted to Central Wool Development Board, Jodhpur for 100% Central Assistance for strengthening of Germ Plasm Centran Nagwain District Mandi .

2. Dairy Animal Improvement Projects for district Bilaspur,Una,Kullu and Sirmaur amounting to Rs . 42.28 Crores on the pattern of 75:25 (Central Share : State Share) have been sent to Ministry of rural development,Govt . of India through DRDA's of aforesaid districts.

3. H.P.Milk Federation has submitted following project proposals to Govt. of India.

S.No . Name of the Project. Ministry in GOI Amount