Sub-mission on Breed Development of Livestock and Poultry

Launched in the Financial Year 2014-15, the scheme "National Livestock Mission" by the Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, aims towards employment generation, entrepreneurship development, increase in per animal productivity and thus targeting increased production of meat, goat milk, egg and wool under the umbrella scheme "Development Programme". The excess production will help in the export earnings after meeting the domestic demands. The concept of the NLM Scheme is to develop the entrepreneur in order to create the forward and backward linkage for the produce available in the unorganized sector and to link with the organized sector. Key Objectives 1. Employment generation through entrepreneurship development in small ruminant, poultry and piggery sector & Fodder sector. 1. Increase of per animal productivity through breed improvement. 1. Increase in production of meat, egg, goat milk, wool and fodder. 1. Increasing availability of fodder and feed to substantially reduce the demand – through strengthening the fodder seed supply chain and availability of certified fodder seeds. 1. Encouraging establishment of fodder processing units to reduce the demand supply gap. The National Livestock Mission has the following three Sub-Missions: 1. Sub-mission on Breed Development of Livestock and Poultry 1. Sub-mission on Feed and Fodder Development 1. Sub Mission on Innovation and Extension "Sub-mission on Breed Development of Livestock and Poultry" Proposes to bring sharp focus on entrepreneurship development and breed improvement in poultry, sheep, goat and piggery by providing the incentivization to the Individual, FPOs, FCOs JLGs, SHGs, Section 8 companies for entrepreneurship development and also to the State Government for breed improvement infrastructure.