PM Modi launches NADCP: In Central programme, focus on animal health | Explained News, The Indian Express

PM Modi launches NADCP: In Central programme, focus on animal health | Explained News, The Indian Express
By Express News Service |New Delhi |Updated: September 12, 2019 7:52:50 am

PM Modi launches NADCP: In Central programme, focus on animal health

India has the world’s largest livestock population of 125-crore plus heads, but cattle productivity is low, and animal diseases are a major concern.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi feeds a cow during his visit to ‘Pashu Vigyan Evam Arogya Mela’, in Mathura, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019. (PIB/PTI Photo) 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday launched the National Animal Disease Control Programme (NADCP), aimed at eradicating foot and mouth disease (FMD) and brucellosis in livestock.