PULIVENDULA: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy launched the ‘Pasu Kranthi Pathakam’ at Pulivendula on Thursday and said that 1.32 lakh high-yielding cows and buffaloes would be distributed among farmers in the State under the scheme on 50 per cent subsidy.
The State has 79 lakh milch cattle of which only 19 lakh were of good breed, he said. In a bid to curb farmers’ suicides, a revolutionary decision was taken to promote cattle development, he said. Animal husbandry would be given a fillip and the plan funds of Rs. 50 crores was steeply enhanced to Rs. 550 crores this year and it would be doubled to Rs. 1,100 crores next year, Dr. Rajasekhara Reddy said.
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