Haryana to engage NGOs for livestock improvement

In order to have a good quality livestock and a better yield the Haryana Livestock Development Board plans to engage private or government registered organizations and Non Government Organizations (NGOs), for providing four months training in artificial insemination to educated unemployed youth in the state.

A spokesman of the Board said the organisation should be a charitable, non-profit making, government or NGO, duly registered for the last not less than two years. The organisations having at least two years experience of having undertaken such work.

Enumerating training plan, he said that the proposed training programme would be of minimum two months of theory and field training each. The local youth having aptitude for door-step services and minimum 10th standard pass would be considered for training.

Selection of youth for training would be made by a team of local Veterinary Surgeon, Sarpanch of the concerned village and training institute. The organisation should have expertise in various extension activities for creating awareness regarding animal husbandry services.

He said that the Board would give a stipend of Rs 1,500 per month to the trainees. About 40 trainees would constitute the batch for providing training.

After successful completion of the training, the Board would provide artificial insemination equipment of the value of a maximum of Rs.30,000 per layman inseminator for undertaking the work of artificial insemination at specified centre.