Province 3 increases milk grant

Makwanpur, Aug 2

Province 3 is increasing investment in animal husbandry to make the province self-reliant in agriculture and animal development.

It has increased the milk grant with an aim to attract more farmers to take up animal husbandry.

The Ministry of Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperatives of the province has decided to increase the milk grant from the current fiscal year 2019/20.

Nirmal Gadal, Spokesperson of the Ministry, said that the grant on milk has been raised to Rs. 120 million in this fiscal while the grant amount in the last FY was just Rs. 15.5 million.

“The provincial government had announced to provide Rs. 1 grant to farmers for every litre of milk but due to the lack of budget we could distribute 51 paisa per litre,” he said.

The government aims at motivating farmers to take up animal farming.

The government had distributed the grant in seven district through 149 cooperatives – 74 in Chitwan, 22 each in Kavre and Lalitpur, 2 in Dolakkha and one each in Dhading and Nuwakot district.

Meanwhile, the Ministry had distributed Rs. 65 million in grants in the last fiscal to promote the marketing of animal and animal related products. Rs. 6.5 million was distributed to three feed industries in Chitwan, Dolakha and Makwanpur districts.

Likewise, Rs. 8.67 million was allocated to various cooperatives and local units to develop 13 slaughter houses across the province – three each in Chitwan and Dhading, one each in Sindhuli and Dolakha and five in Lalitpur.

Rs. 15 million was mobilised in grants to construct such facilities in Chitwan, Lalitpur and Makwanpur. 

Similarly, Rs. 15 million was distributed to buy 23 chilling vat machine in seven district of the province. 

By TRN Makwanpur Correspondent.