Ferozepur, June 19, 2018: The Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development, Fisheries & Labour Minister, Punjab, Balbir Singh Sidhu today visited fish seed farm, pig farm Ferozepur and Sahiwal breed of cow farm at village Dheera Pattra apart from the organic agricultural farm under the Mission Tandarust Punjab.
The Minister while exhorting the farmers/youth of Punjab to go in for allied occupations such as Animal Husbandry, Pig, Goat, Fish farming, said that these allied occupations are capable of being the lasting solution to the unemployment problem as well as the agrarian crisis in the state and that explains the emphasis by the Captain Amarinder Singh led government paying specialized attention to these.
He also said that the farmers taking to these schemes would also be provided financial assistance from the banks.
Divulging more, the minister said that the Punjab Government not only provide subsidy to the youth opting for animal husbandry and the allied occupations but also train them so as to enable to derive maximum profit from these occupations. He also added that the government is making strenuous efforts to make at least 500 youth in every district take up allied occupations each year.
He also said that he is interacting with the farmers engaged in these vocations to ascertain their views in order to give more teeth to such government schemes. He also distributed certificates to 125 youth who completed their training in the animal husbandry and fisheries disciplines.
Balbir Singh Sidhu also planted saplings under Mission Tandarust Punjab at Fish Farming Department at Ferozepur and also exhorted the people to plant more saplings in and around their homes for safeguarding the environment.
On the occasion, Deputy Commissioner Ramvir said that farmers should plant saplings around their land holdings to make Punjab pollution free & clean.
Among others present on the occasion included Director Animal Husbandry Department Amarjit Singh, Director Dairy Development Department, Inderjit Singh, SDM Harjit Singh Sandhu, Deputy Director Animal Husbandry Dr. Vikram Singh Dhillon, Deputy Director Dairy Development Dr. Randeep Kumar Handa, Political Secretary Harkesh Chand Sharma, Deputy Director Fisheries Dr.Rajinder Kataria, Congress leader Jasmel Singh Ladi Gehri .