To assist State Poultry/ Duck Farms for strengthening them in terms of hatching, brooding and rearing of the birds with provision for feed mill and their quality monitoring and in-house disease diagnostic facilities.

To assist State Poultry/ Duck Farms for strengthening them in terms of hatching, brooding and rearing of the birds with provision for feed mill and their quality monitoring and in-house disease diagnostic facilities. These farms will strictly maintain the parent stock of low input technology birds.

Implementing Agencies States/ UTs
Target Group/Beneficiaries State poultry farms dealing with rural poultry, backyard poultry owners through State farms.
Pattern of Assistance/Funding 100% for NE States, 80:20 for other States
Year when the Scheme Started 9th Plan
Annual outlay (Central assistance)

                   Year                   Outlay (Rs. In lakhs)  
                  2001-02                   270.00 
                  2002-03                   500.00 
                  2003-04                   500.00 

Eligibility conditions State poultry farms dealing with rural poultry.
Physical targets During 10th Plan, a target for assisting 40 state farms has
been fixed.

State poultry farms dealing with rural poultry.

Contact

Joint Commissioner (Poultry),

Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries,

Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi.

Tele.No. 2338 6035.