Department of AH&VS Plans to Procure Excessive-Yielding Cattle to Increase Milk Provide in Islands

Tarun Karthick

Sri Vijaya Puram, 02 October 2025

The Department of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services (AH&VS) is exploring a proposal to convey high-yielding milch cattle from the mainland to handle the continued scarcity of contemporary cow’s milk within the Islands. This transfer is available in response to a number of representations from livestock farmers and stakeholders requesting improved dairy inventory.

To precisely assess demand, the division has begun a survey to find out the variety of cattle required by farmers. Under the proposed scheme, good-quality animals will likely be procured from the mainland and equipped on a full-cost foundation. The division will bear overhead bills together with feeding, transportation, veterinary care, quarantine, testing, and transit by way of cattle carriers.

Beneficiaries will likely be chosen primarily based on their expertise in dairy farming, membership in a Livestock Cooperative Society, information of dairy practices, and availability of land for fodder cultivation or adherence to correct feed administration practices. These standards intention to make sure that the animals obtain correct care and keep excessive milk manufacturing.

Farmers have the choice to both pay for animals procured and transported by the division or buy them straight from the mainland at their very own value and hand them over at a chosen sea port without spending a dime transportation to the Islands.

The division has circulated the discover to all Gram Panchayat Pradhans, requesting them to tell livestock farmers of their areas. Interested farmers are urged to submit their necessities and willingness to take part within the scheme by their respective Gram Panchayats to facilitate an correct evaluation.