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Eastern Regional Station, ICAR-IVRI Organized Chick Distribution and Animal Health

Awareness Programme for Scheduled Caste Beneficiaries of Bongaon block, West Bengal

under SCSP

The ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Eastern Regional Station (ERS), Kolkata

organized a ‘Chick Distribution and Animal Health Awareness Programme’ at Dighari village

under Dighari Gram Panchayat on 6th

July 2020. The programme was conducted under

Scheduled Caste Sub Plan (SCSP) scheme for the year 2020-21.

A total of 25 woman beneficiaries belonging to scheduled caste community from Nishchintapur

village participated in the programme. Dr. Bimalendu Mondal, Principal Scientist and Dr. G. K.

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Das, Principal Scientist from

ICAR-IVRI-ERS, Kolkata co-

ordinated the programme. The

main aim of the programme was to

highlight the SCSP scheme in

general and make the beneficiaries

aware about the various animal

husbandry practices as well as

animal health and also to promote

goat, pig, poultry, duck and quail

farming as livelihood opportunities through selling of produced animal protein for income

generation and house hold

consumption. Dr. Bimalendu Mondal,

Co-ordinator, IVRI-ERS SCSP

program briefed the audience about

the history of ICAR-IVRI and the

contribution made by the prestigious

Institute for animal health through the

development of various vaccines and

veterinary biologicals etc. He also

detailed about the activities of Eastern

Regional Station of ICAR-IVRI. Dr.

G. K. Das, Nodal Officer, ERS SCSP

scheme briefed about plan for

development of scheduled caste

community of Dighari GP, Bongaon

block for the year 2020-21, and the

services rendered by the prestigious

organization, the ICAR-IVRI for

societal development during 2019-20

through various community developmental programmes /schemes.

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A total of 380 day-old chicks (Haringhata Black), 250 Kg starter feed, supplements like

vitamins, minerals, immune modulators, liver extracts, anthelmintics etc, poultry feeder and

chick drinker, mask, cap and hand sanitizer were distributed among the beneficiaries

Input Distribution Programme