Department of Animal Husbandry (Maharashtra)

The Department of Animal Husbandry is a department of Government of Maharashtra to look after animal husbandry in Maharashtra.[1]

Animal Husbandry Department
Government of Maharashtra
पशुसंवर्धन विभाग, महाराष्ट्र शासन
Seal of the state of Maharashtra
Department overview
Jurisdiction Maharashtra
HeadquartersMantralay, Mumbai
Minister responsible
Deputy Minister responsible
Department executive
  • Anoop Kumar, IAS, Secretary
Parent departmentGovernment of Maharashtra
Websiteahd.maharashtra.gov.in

Department is headed by the cabinet level minister. Minister of State assists cabinet minister. Sunil Chhatrapal Kedar is current Minister for Husbandry.[2][3]

List of Cabinet Ministers

31 October 2014 – 04 June 2016

04 June 2016 – 08 November 2019

29 November 2019 - 30 December 2019

30 December 2019 - Incumbent

List of Ministers of State

30 December 2019 - Incumbent

Animal husbandry in Maharashtra

Many farmers in Maharashtra depend on animal husbandry for their livelihood. In addition to supplying milk, meat, eggs, wool, their castings (dung) and hides, animals, mainly bullocks, are the major source of power for both farmers and drayers. Thus, animal husbandry plays an important role in the rural economy. The national gross value of output from this sector was 8,123 billion Rupees in FY 2015–16.[4]

Organizational structure

Department is further divided into following sub-departments for ease of administration.[1]

  • Maharashtra Veterinary State Council, Nagpur[5]
  • Maharashtra Livestock Development Board Akola[6]
  • Sheep & Goat Development Corporation, Pune

Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University

Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University is an agriculture state university headquartered from Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. It was established under the The Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University Act, 1998.[7] It was officially established on 3 December 2000 by carving seven colleges out of the other four state agriculture universities in Maharashtra.[8]

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References
  1. "About us". Animal Husbandry Department, Government of Maharashtra.
  2. Assainar, Raina (2021-06-19). "Dairy dept. to give land for NDRF base camp in Mahad". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  3. "Maharashtra: To Increase Milk Production, Artificial Insemination To Produce 90% Female Calves". Punekar News. 2021-06-10. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  4. "Basic Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Statistics 2017" (PDF).
  5. "महाराष्ट्र राज्य पशुवैद्यक परिषद, नागपूर, भारत". msvc.maharashtra.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  6. "Maharashtra Livestock Development Board". mldb.maharashtra.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  7. "Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University Act, 1998". www.bareactslive.com. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  8. "Maharashtra Animal & Fishery Sciences University". www.mafsu.in. Retrieved 2021-02-03.


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