New Delhi, March 19 -- The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved the Revised Rashtriya Gokul Mission (RGM) to boost growth in the livestock sector, an official release said.

Implementation of revised RGM, as a Central Sector component of the Development Programmes scheme is being done with an additional outlay of Rs 1000 crore is total outlay of Rs 3400 crore during the 15th Finance Commission cycle from 2021-22 to 2025-26.

Two New activities added are- (i) One-time assistance of 35 per cent of the capital cost for the establishment of Heifer Rearing Centres to Implementing Agencies for the creation of 30 housing facilities having a total of 15000 heifers and (ii) To encourage farmers to purchase ...