Jalandhar, August 3, 2020: To promote dairy business among the small and marginal farmers for enhancing their income, District Administration has decided to construct 4450 cattle sheds in 890 villages across Jalandhar during the current financial year.
Five cattle sheds would be constructed in each village of the district.The construction of 600 cattle sheds has already been initiated in the villages with the help of workers registered under Mahatma Gandhi- National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.
The main focus is being laid to help the needy people to get employment under the MG-NREGA scheme besides the construction of cattle shed would motivate the small and marginal farmers towards adopting livestock rather than traditional agriculture.
Disclosing more information, The Deputy Commissioner Ghanshyam Thori said that earlier under the scheme, individuals were contributing 40-per cent and rest 60-per cent was being paid by the government but this year, Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh had abolished the condition of 40-per cent to help the small and marginal farmers as Covid-19 pandemic has hit the small and marginal farmers a lot.
He said that the administration has identified 4450 places in 890 villages where the facility of modern cattle sheds would be built.
He said that the scheme has been divided into three parts for benefiting small and marginal farmers as those farmers who have two cattle, would get assistance worth Rs. 35,000, Rs. 60,000 on four cattle and those having six livestock would be eligible to get Rs 97000.
He said that for selecting the eligible beneficiaries, all BDPOs were directed to identify the beneficiaries as per the criteria fixed by the government besides the details of the number of livestock must be checked properly so that shed of the required size can be constructed.