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Part VIII :
Policies and schemes
for dairy development in
Maharashtra
National Dairy Development Board
Dairying in MAHARASHTRA
A Statistical Profile
2015
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Ration Balancing Programme: The Ration Balancing Programme trains and facilitates Local
Resource Person (LRP) to formulates a least cost balanced ration from locally available feed
resources using the software Information Network for Animal Productivity and Health
(INAPH). Balanced Ration to milch animals helps in ensuring animals milk production to
utmost genetic potential. Feeding balanced ration to milk animals reduces both the cost
of feeding per kg of milk and also helps in significantly reducing the methane emissions.
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Fodder Development Programme: The Fodder Development programme supplements
the Government of Maharashtra programme to promote certified/truthfully labeled
seeds to increase fodder production. It also covers field demonstrations of mowers, silage
making and biomass bunkers to popularize these technologies among farmers.
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Village Based Milk Procurement System: It aims at providing rural milk producers
greater access to the organised milk-processing sector and also provide support to End
Implementing Agencies for establishing village-level infrastructure for milk collection,
testing and cooling.
Till August 2015, 33 sub-projects of 20 End Implementing Agencies (EIAs) were approvedwith the
total outlay of
`
122.30Crore out of which
`
100.57Crorewouldbe grant assistance fromNDP I and
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21.73 Crore would be contributed by the (EIAs).
The approved sub-projects from the State of Maharashtra till August 2015 are:
Activity
No. of Approved Sub-Projects
Pedigree Selection Programme
1
Bull Production through Imported Embryos
1
Strengthening of Semen Stations
1
Ration Balancing Programme
5
Fodder Development Programme
7
Village Based Milk Procurement System
18
Total
33 Sub-Projects
2.A10. Scheme under the National Livestock Mission:
Under the mission various schemes are
implemented on subsidy of GOI & GOM as below:
Sr. No.
Name of the scheme
Objectives
Project cost (
`
)
Subsidy (per cent)
1.
Fodder seed production,
collection and
distribution scheme
For the production of
Fodder (jowar/maize/
bajra/berseem/lucern
etc), certified seed are
produced in order to
distribute to the farmers.
--
75% subsidy from Central
Government
2.
Fodder production from
Non-forest wasteland/
rangelands/grassland/
non-arable land.
Development of Non
forest wasteland/
rangelands/grassland/
non-arable land for
production of legumes &
grasses.
`
30,000/- to
`
1,00,000/-
according to land type
75% subsidy from Central
Government