Establishment of Regional Semen Production Laboratory and Semen Bank for sheep and goat

• The funding pattern will be 60:40 for all the states except NER & Himalayan States where it will be 90:10 and 100% for UTs.
• One-time grants-in-aid up to Rs. 4,00,00,000 as Central Share will be provided to the concerned state eligible for the establishment of Regional Semen Station for construction of semen laboratory, maintaining of breeding bucks and rams, sourcing of locally available high genetic merit animals and processing of semen.
• Rs. 30,00,000 will also be provided as a one-time expenditure towards procurement of consumables, medicines, chemicals etc. required for first-time processing of semen.
• The regional semen bank shall have to generate its own resources for running of the semen station. No recurring expenditure will be provided for running expenses of the semen station.

Only the State Livestock Agencies are eligible.

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