Annual milk production in Haryana has reached 62.67 lakh tonnes

Ahmedabad: Chandigarh, January 17 - The annual milk production in Haryana has reached 62.67 lakh tonnes as compared to 52.22 lakh tonnes during 2004-05.

Haryana Animal Husbandry and Dairying department official said that per capita per day availability of milk in the state is 680 gram as compared to national average of 262 grams. A target for doubling the milk in the next 10 years has been fixed.

He said that to provide quality veterinary services, the government had opened 133 government veterinary hospitals and 291 government veterinary dispensaries. These are in addition to up gradation of 120 government veterinary dispensaries .

As a result of it, the total number of veterinary institutions in the state had gone up-to 2790 for providing veterinary and breeding services to the livestock in the state.

The Government had taken many steps for conservation and improvement of indigenous breed of buffaloes and cattle, especially Murrah and Hariana breeds. For the purpose, the owners of top quality Murrah buffaloes were given cash incentives ranging from Rs 5000 to Rs 25000 per milk animal depending upon the milk yield.

He said that Haryana was the only State in the country where the insurance of animals belonging to Scheduled Caste families was being done free of cost. During the period from April, 2005 to December, 2011, 2.27 lakh animals had been insured. In addition to this, 15 districts of the state were being covered under the centrally sponsored livestock insurance scheme.