WB Govt will distribute milch cattle to boost milk production

Kolkata, November 18: To boost the milk production in West Bengal, Mamta Banerjee government has announced to distribute cows to rural households. This distribution will take place till the end of March’18.

The Animal Resource Department of the state has chalked out this project of distribution. It has been decided to distribute 2000 milch cattle among the state. This project has been kicked off in Birbhum district. This also will curb the shortage of milk in the state. The government has been distributing chicken and duck as part of its routine project to make rural households self-reliant.

There has been a good increase in milk production as the reports claims the state has increased milk production by 16 per cent in the past six years. Annual production of milk has increased to 51.83 lakh metric tonne in 2016-17 from 44.72 lakh metric tonne in 2010-11.

So keeping this in mind this pilot project has been initiated.