Livestock Sector Current Affairs, GK & News
Fodder-Centric Farmer Producer Organisations
The Indian Government designated National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) as the implementing agency for setting up fodder-centric FPOs. What are fodder-centric Farmer Producer Organisations? Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying proposed the setting up of fodder-centric FPOs in 2020 to address the fodder deficit situation in India. It requested the Union Agriculture Ministry to ..
Month: Current Affairs – November, 2022
Category: Agriculture Current Affairs • Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022 • Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Farmer Producer Organizations • Inflation • Inflation in India • Livestock Sector • National Dairy Development Board
India’s first Animal Health Summit 2022
India’s first ever “Animal Health Summit 2022” was organised on July 6, 2022 at NASC Complex, New Delhi. About Animal Health Summit 2022 The Animal Health Summit was held to understand the significance of health of animals in broader objective of India’s rural incomes & prosperity, food & nutrition security, and overall economic development. The ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2022
Category: Summits and Conferences
Topics: Animal Health Summit 2022 • Indian Chamber of Food and Agriculture (ICFA) • Livestock Sector
Jammu and Kashmir launches J&K Poultry Policy 2020
The Government of Jammu and Kashmir recently launched the Poultry Policy, 2020. The Government has provided operational guidelines under the policy to promote establishment of poultry units. Highlights The Jammu and Kashmir Government has announced Rs 50 crores of subsidy per annum to establish broiler farms and its allied activities. The policy aims to generate ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
Topics: Government Schemes • Indian Livestock • Jammu and Kashmir • Livestock Rearing • Livestock Sector • NGOs • Policy • poultry • SHGs
India develops new Vaccine to control Swine Fever
The ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research)’s Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) has developed cell culture Classical Swine Fever vaccine. Significance The vaccine will help to save several rabbits. This is because the current vaccine called the Lapinised CSF (Classical Swine Fever) being used is produced by sacrificing large number of rabbits. The new vaccine ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Animal husbandry • Animal welfare • Health • ICAR • Indian Livestock • Livestock Rearing • Livestock Sector • Vaccine
GoI: 20th Livestock Census
The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, operating under Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying released 20th Livestock Census. According to the census, total Livestock population is 535.78 million and has increased by 4.6% as compared to the previous census. The previous census was conducted in 2014. Highlights of the census The total Bovine ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2019
Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs
Topics: Cattle Farming • Indian Livestock • Livestock Rearing • Livestock Sector
Government launches Livestock Disease Forewarning–Mobile Application
The Union Ministry of Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has launched Livestock Disease Forewarning –Mobile Application (LDF-Mobile App). It was launched by Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Radha Mohan Singh in New Delhi. During the launch, the Minister also informed that dreaded Rinderpest disease has been eradicated from India Key Facts LDF-Mobile App ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2017
Topics: Diseases • ICAR-NIVEDI • LDF-Mobile App • Livestock Sector • Ministry of Agriculture • National