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Dairy, Fisheries and Animal Resources Department

Directorates

Animal Husbandry

The history of Animal Husbandry starts since the year 1911. Previously it was a part of Agricultural Department from which it was separated in 1949. Till date the Animal Husbandry was dealing with Dairy Sector also but in the year 1985 the Dairy Development Directorate got a separate entity. Since then the Animal Husbandry runs under a separate entity of Animal Husbandry and was annexed to the Animal & Fish Resources Department. Now it includes the activities covering Cattle, Buffalo, Pig, Sheep, Goat and Poultry.

1 Responsibilities

Major responsibility of Animal Husbandry Directorate is administrative control of different programmes launched under Animal Husbandry sector.

2 Activities

Animal health care.
Animal disease control and prevention.
Assessment of major livestock products such as milk, meat, eggs and wool.
Generic developments of livestock by implementing the Animal Breeding Programmes.
Welfare activities of animal by implementing the prevention of cruelty to animal Acts.
Providing better Animals treatment facilities by disease diagnostic programmes.
Promoting the people for better managemental and feeding practices for animals.
Publicity and extension activities of Animal Husbandry Programme.

3 Objective of Directorate

To improve the rural economy.
To make availability of animal protein for human consumption.
To create sufficient and sustainable wealth for rural people.
To creation self employment opportunities for unemployed youth at the place where they are.
To check the rural exodus of rural labour and skills.

4 Scope of Directorate

Whole of the State of Bihar through range district, sub-division and block level institutions in Animal Husbandry Sector.

5 Duties and Services

Animal Treatment.
Animal Disease Control.
Disease Diagnosis.
Safe guard of Animals.
Extension and Publicity.
Monitoring the work of Subordinate Officials.
Breed improvement.
Augmentation of Animal Protein availability to the Society.

Dairy

Under Animal & Fisheries Resources Department, Government of Bihar, State Government has sanctioned separate Directorate for Dairy Development for speedy Development in Dairy Sector vide Resolution No. 1119 dated 01.04.1981. Since then Directorate of Dairy Development came into force.

Previously Milk Commissioner was appointed as Head of the Directorate. In 1985 the post of Milk Commissioner was abolished and post of Director, Dairy was sanctioned and designated as Head of the Directorate.

1 Responsibilities

Overall Administrative and Technical control of regional and district level offices of Dairy Development Directorate.
Planning, Monitoring and Supervision of Scheme.
Direction and Guidelines for implementation of schemes.

2 Activities

Facilitation for organization of milk cooperative societies at village level, Milk Union at Dist. level for milk collection, processing and marketing of milk.
Enhancement of milk productivity.
Providing technical inputs to milk producer like milk and dairy cooperative societies testing equipment and accessories, green fodder seeds, Artificial Insemination equipments and accessories.
Establishment of chilling plants, bulk cooler and others cold chain facilities for preservation and maintaining quality of milk for collection and marketing.

3 Objective of Directorate

Main objective of this Directorate is to plan, monitor, supervise & implement the different dairy development programmes, facilitate the resource for enhancement of milk productivity, collection and marketing of milk and milk product and analysis of projects and schemes on scientific basis.

4 Duties and Services

Organization and Registration of Milk Co-operative Societies at village level.
Organization and Registration of Milk Unions at district level.
Supervision of Milk Co-operative Societies.
Cattle Induction on Subsidy-cum-Loan basis.
Providing facilitates for collection, processing and marketing of milk and milk products.
Providing technical inputs for enhancement of milk productivity.
Man power development.

Fisheries

In the year 1923, in the Finance Department a separate section of fisheries was created. Fisheries extension work was carried out. In 1929, this section was transferred to Industries Department. In 1936, three posts were sanctioned to look the work of north, south and central Bihar. This section was again transferred to Agriculture Department in 1956. Sub-divisional and District posts were sanctioned to provide quality fish seed to farmers. On 10th October 1964, Government sanctioned a separate Directorate of Fisheries and was annexed to the Animal & Fish Resources Department.