Bhubaneswar: The BJP Government today announced to provide treatment and vaccination for livestock free of cost from 1 March
The announcement was made by Fisheries and Animal Resources Development Minister Gokulananda Mallik.
The government has taken a path-breaking step in respecting the request of the people of the state.
Users’ fees have been exempted on the treatment and vaccination of animals like cattle, goats and sheep.
People of the state will get this free veterinary facility from 1 March, Shri Mallik posted on X.
“We have taken this decision giving priority to free public veterinary care and protection of livestock. I believe this decision will definitely be helpful to the farmer brothers and sisters who are interested in livestock,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Odisha Milk Farmers’ Association (OMFA), a body of dairy farmers, has demanded a universal health insurance scheme for livestock like the central government’s Ayushman Bharat scheme and state’s Gopabandhu Jan Arogya Yojana, which is earlier known as Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana.
OMFA President Rabi Behera has written a letter to the state Fisheries and Animal Resources Development Minister Gokulananda Mallik regarding this.