Principal Secretary APD reviews functioning of Animal & Sheep
Husbandry departments in Jammu division
JAMMU, NOVEMBER 15: Principal
Secretary, Agriculture Production, Shailendra Kumar, today had a comprehensive
review of functioning of Animal and Sheep Husbandry departments in Jammu
division.
The Principal Secretary assessed
progress on major schemes/programmes of both the departments during a meeting
held at Directorate of Animal Husbandry, Talab Tillo, Jammu.
The meeting was attended by senior
officers from the Agriculture Production Department including Mission Director
HADP/JKCIP, J&K, Rahul Yadav, Director Planning, Hemkant Parashar, Director
Animal Husbandry Jammu, Dr. Waheeda Parveen, Director Sheep Husbandry Jammu,
Dr.Syed Moin-Ul-Haq, the district officers of Animal/Sheep Husbandry of Jammu
division as well as the technical Officers of the department (ASH&F and
HADP).
During the meeting, the Principal
Secretary reviewed the physical and financial progress on several important
schemes including the UT flagship Holistic Agriculture Development Programme
(HADP) besides Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) such as Rashtriya Gokul
Mission, National Livestock Mission, Assistance to States for Control of Animal
Diseases (ASCAD), status of Mobile Veterinary Units (MVUs). He laid focus on
expediting the implementation of these schemes by ensuring timely fund
allocation as well as to address challenges in the effective implementation of
these schemes.
The Principal Secretary underscored
the importance of timely achieving the set targets. He asked the officers to
sanction the pending applications under the different components of all HADP
projects at the earliest. He further asked the officers to duly submit all the
credit linked subsidy cases of beneficiaries lying in banks to be taken up
during forthcoming meeting in this regard for their prompt disposal.
The Principal Secretary emphasized on
maximizing the utilisation of opportunities and financial assistances available
under several entrepreneurship development initiatives/schemes for betterment
of farming community. He encouraged lesser performing districts to enhance
their efforts so that the set targets are achieved successfully in the
remaining period of this financial year.
The Principal Secretary also reviewed
the flagship scheme NADCP. He asked the officers to boost up vaccinations with
an aim to achieve control and subsequent eradication of serious diseases
affecting cattle, buffaloes, sheep and goats through regular vaccinations.
The Principal Secretary was also
apprised of the status of import of elite livestock from Australia and Canada
to give boost to breed improvement in local cattle/buffalo and sheep for
improving the productivity.
During the review of infrastructure
of the offices, the Principal Secretary passed the directions to submit the
requirement related to equipping the offices upto block levels with computers,
printers and internet facility at the earliest.