Madhya Pradesh: Chief Minister Dr. Mohan Yadav reached the Pushpalak Conference and Animal Fair on Friday (November 13) in a unique style in a chariot. The program was organized in Kulaith, Gwalior. During this, he greeted the cattle herders by showering flowers. Apart from this, he communicated with the cattle farmers and obtained information related to their animals. He also visited the exhibition focusing on excellent animal husbandry and advanced agriculture. CM Mohan Yadav took information about various schemes of the Central and State Government to promote animal husbandry, modern technologies and efforts being made for the welfare of animal husbandry. He transferred ex-gratia assistance amount of Rs 175 crore to the accounts of more than 7 thousand beneficiaries of Chief Minister Public Welfare (Sambal) Yojana 2.0, amount of Rs 207 crore to the accounts of more than 34 lakh beneficiaries of Social Security Pension Scheme. Also, the Chief Minister gave an amount of Rs 51 lakh for the development works of Jagannath Temple. He announced road construction and construction of Hanuman temple in gram panchayats. On this occasion, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said that during Diwali festival, only the improved milch animals bring blessings of Mahalakshmi to the farmer's house. Animal husbandry, fisheries, goat rearing and poultry farming bring prosperity in the lives of farmers. The state government is increasing essential facilities including electricity, water and roads. Balram's son and farmer brothers are also getting their benefits. The state government is working to promote Annadata in every way in the farmers' welfare year. He said that to make Madhya Pradesh the number 1 state in milk production, improved breed of livestock is being provided to the farmers. 'Government is giving all kinds of incentives' The Chief Minister said that information about good breed of cows and buffaloes is being given in this cattle rearers conference and cattle fair organized in Gwalior. The state government organized competitions for good animals on the occasion of Govardhan Puja in Vrindavan villages located in all the development blocks and prizes were also given to the winning animal herders. Here Gopal Krishna, the cattle rearer of Tekanpur, received one lakh rupees as the first prize. His cow gives 14 liters of milk per day. He said that along with this, grand Balram Krishi Mahotsav was organized in all 55 districts of the state. The state government is continuously promoting progressive farmers. All types of arrangements from seed to farm and from farm to export are being encouraged. 'Promoting natural and organic farming' CM said that Madhya Pradesh ranks third in the country in milk production with 9 percent. It is our resolve to make the state the milk capital. This cattle rearing conference has been organized to encourage farmers' prosperity, milk production and animal husbandry. The number of livestock in the state is approximately 2.5 crore. This includes 1.5 crore cows and 1 crore buffaloes. There is a need to improve their breed. For this, Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah has taken the initiative to provide 1 lakh calves of advanced breed to Madhya Pradesh. He said that these heifers will be given to farmers and milk production will increase. Gujarat has less livestock than Madhya Pradesh, but milk production there is more than Madhya Pradesh. Big cow shelters are being opened in the state. Cow sheds with a capacity of 10 thousand have been prepared in Ujjain, Indore, Bhopal, Jabalpur and Gwalior. Natural and organic farming is also being encouraged through cow rearing. 'There should be healthy competition among farmers' He said that there should be healthy competition among farmer brothers for rearing animals of advanced breed. Various competitions of cattle herders were organized in Vrindavan villages and the winners were given cash prizes including tractor, bullet motorcycle, scooter. He said that Gwalior is doing excellent work in terms of modern farming. 619 food processing units are operating here. Potato tissue culture is being done in Gwalior district and more than 25 thousand farmers are involved in natural farming here. Here 70 thousand cattle rearers are serving more than 4 lakh livestock and producing 605 metric tons of milk. He said that our farmer brothers are also cultivating paddy, jowar, millet and sesame. Gwalior is now making a name for itself not only in the production of Gajak but also in the production of potatoes and millets.
