Centre laments non-utilisation of fund by state animal husbandry department

The Centre on Saturday rued that animal husbandry departments in state governments are not fully utilising central funds for development of this sector and urged them to spend money to implement projects.

Addressing an event to mark the 'World Veterinary Day', Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Parshottam Rupala stressed on registration of birth and death of livestock for having a real time data.

The 'World Veterinary Day' honours the veterinary profession every year on the last Saturday of April.

Rupla said the government conducts 'Livestock Census' regularly, but there is no provision currently for registration of birth and death similar to human beings.

"This is a shortcoming in the animal sector," he said, and stressed on addressing this gap.

There should be some scientific way to count birth-death in livestock sector as real time data will benefit all stakeholder and help achieve higher growth, the minister said.

Livestock Census covers all domesticat