Now, subsidy for buying 20 heads of cattle

Ludhiana: With an aim to further strengthening the dairy farming sector, cattle rearers in the state will be provided subsidy to buy up to 20 heads of cattle from the existing 10, for which funds amounting to Rs 20 crore have already been released.
Stating this here on Wednesday, minister for animal husbandry, fisheries and dairy development Balbir Singh Sidhu said, “With this decision the farmers will get further financial support, thereby making dairy farming more viable and sustainable. The Dairy Development Department was earlier providing the subsidy for purchase of up to 10 animals only, subsidy to the tune of 25% will be extended to the general category also.”
Sidhu also said dairy farmers had long been demanding a raise in the upper limit of the number of animals being covered under this subsidy earlier. Farmers by adopting dairy farming as a profession can fulfil their day-to-day house needs while income from traditional crops is accrued once in six months. High quality semen was being procured from abroad which will only produce calves, Sidhu said, adding that this would also take care of the problem of stray animals besides enhancing income of farmers from milk production.