Animal Husbandry plays an important role for the upliftment of small/marginal farmers landless agricultural laborers and unemployed youths because this provides not only direct employment opportunity to them but also lessons pressure on agriculture as land holdings are diminishing day by day. The livestock population in the Kurukshetra district is 3.69 lacks.

• Artificial Insemination in cattle and Buffaloes.
• Looking after Animal Health.
• Control of Contagious diseases in Animals.
• Systemic control of disease of national importance.
• Organisation of Animal Health Camps.

Through Special Livestock and Breeding Programme subsidiary occupation is provided to the poorest of the poor through the schemes of calf rearing and Piggery rearing.

Under the scheme calves are given feed on subsidised rate to the beneficiaries falling under the category of Small farmers, Marginal farmers and Landless Agricultural Labourers. Feed starts from the age of 3 months of the calves to 28th months or till puberation .

For the upliftment of poorest of the society the piggery units are established. Two sows and one Boar are provided to the beneficiaries. The banks arrange loan and the department gives subsidy.

 Office Address: Deputy Director Animal Husbandry

I.C.D.P., Bairagi Dharam Shala, Kurukshetra

Phone: 01744 - 20126