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Context

• The Union Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of Cooperation, Amit Shah launched the Mukhyamantri Ghasiyari Kalyan Yojana and computerization of cooperative societies in Dehradun, Uttarakhand.

Features

• Livestock feed will be provided in remote rural areas in mountainous areas through 7771 centers under Mukhya Mantri Ghasiyari Kalyan Yojana.
• Under this scheme, women do not have to go to the woods for charpatti, as nutritious animal food is served at subsidized rates.
• Cattle breeders in these areas will be provided with prepackaged feed and total mix ration (TMR).
• Mukhyamantri Ghasiyari Kalyan Yojana will free nearly three and a half lakh women from the burden of forage, along the way it will be a great way to improve the farmers’ economy

Significance

• Ghasiyari Kalyan Yojana will come as a great relief for women who are in difficulties and in danger while gathering forage from the forest.
• There would be a double benefit in animal health and milk production.
• The income of milk producers will only increase by 1,300 rupees per month.

https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1767942

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