Puducherry Minister A Namassivayam today met the Secretary to the Union Animal Husbandry Ministry Tarun Sridhar in New Delhi and sought assistance to develop dairy programmes in the Union Territory.
In an official release, the PWD and Animal Husbandry minister said he sought the grants under the ministry's Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Fund and also under the Dairy Products and Infrastructure Development Fund for Puducherry.
The release said the minister sought Rs five crore initially for the DIDF programme.
The secretary assured the minister that his request would be considered, the release added.
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