NEW DELHI, July 3 -- Ramulu, a small farmers in Medak district of Telagana is having 3 acre of agricultural land, gets only Rs.60000 as net income in normal year. However, most of his daily expenses were met by the animal husbandry activities like rearing goats, chicken and dairy animals. Although he gets crop loan with subsidized interest rate from local bank, able to insure his crop through Prime Minister FasalBhimaYojana(PMFBY), able to purchase subsided fertilizer in nearest fertilizer dealer and sold his paddy harvest at MSP in the village, he is not getting any government support for his animal husbandry activities.
Although animals provide huge amount of food (milk, meat, eggs) rich in proteins, minerals, vitamins and micronutrients...