Ranchi: The state government has decided to revise the guidelines for the distribution of livestock under Mukhyamantri Pashudhan Yojana launched in 2020.
On Wednesday, a proposal was sent to the Minister of Agriculture, the Department of Livestock and Cooperation, Badal Patretekh, to form a Committee to revise the scheme guidelines after Milk producers claim that they do not benefit at all from the scheme because of obstacles in policy.
According to data available with the milk development department, a total of 6,324 milk producers receive subsidies to buy livestock under the financial year scheme of 2020-21.
Milk producer from the country, while attending a function on national milk day, has shown a shortage of schemes “less than 10% of cattle sold under this scheme, because farmers feel expensive to buy livestock from vendors registered from vendors,” said Nilesh, a farmer Producing milk from Deoghar District Palarajori blocks.
Representing the ASI that produces the farmer community, it urges the government to form a committee which will also include farmers.
Under Mukhyamantri Pashudhan YOJNA, 50% of subsidies at the cost of livestock are provided by the state government, while farmers must pay the rest.
The farmers claim that because the number of vendors from which livestock can be bought limited, they cannot buy cattle in high clothing or find competitive prices.
“The farmers argue that this scheme is more for vendor profit than they,” recognizing one of the Jharkhand milk federation officials, did not want to be quoted.
Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Aboobacker Siddique, said, “The scheme said the Directorate of Suppliers and Farmers was free to buy from one of them.
Empanelment is a must for farmers can be exploited by the seller.” Director of the Milk Development Board, Shashi Prakash Jha, said , “There are two main reasons for less livestock distribution under this scheme.
First, seeing a pandemic, ‘Pashu Mela’ is prohibited.
Second, the same scheme was previously run under a different name where farmers were given a subsidy of 90%.
But at Under this scheme, it is a share of 50-50.
“To overcome the problem, the Secretary has decided to establish a committee consisting of two farmers – milk producers and others move in livestock – to ensure transparency and shift complaints.
Speaking with Toi, Siddique explained the procedure for choosing farmers.
He said, “The farmer was chosen through the Sabha gram, which recommended BDO.
Through BDO, it will come to the district committee.
Now the committee led by the Deputy Commissioner will make the final choice.”
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