Punjab govt for use of latest technology in dairy development

Punjab government is planning to introduce latest technology in dairy development in order to make it an attractive and remunerative trade across the state.
State Animal Husbandry Minister Gulzar Singh Ranike said the government would encourage the farmers and youth to adopt dairy development as a venture.
He said the government was imparting short duration job-oriented technical training to dairy farmers.
The 6-week practical training would be imparted at various training institutes from May 10.
There would be interactive sessions with the experts of Guru Angad Dev University of Veterinary Sciences, Ludhiana and Dairy Research Organisation Karnal and literature on dairy development would also be distributed on the occasion.

Inderjit Singh, Director, Dairy Development, said the training would be given in dairy development units of Beeja in Ludhiana, Chatamali in Ropar, Gill in Moga, Abul Khurana in Sri Muktsar Sahib, Sardulgarh in Mansa, Taran tarn, Phagwara and Verka in Amritsar.
The youth, to be selected for training, would be interviewed on April 26 at specific training institutes.
The eligibility for the training is a Matriculation qualification and have a dairy farm having at least 5 milch animals.