BANGALORE: As promised in its budget proposals, the Government will launch a comprehensive insurance scheme in July covering one lakh sheep/goat rearing families and 10 lakh sheep/goats in the State, the Minister for Animal Husbandry and Wakf, Mirajuddin Patel, has said.

Mr. Patel told presspersons here on Tuesday that the Government has entered into an agreement with the United Insurance Company initially for one year and it would be renewed annually.

Each family will have to pay Rs. 10 towards every sheep or goat it is rearing and another Rs. 10 towards the ownership of each sheep or goat as separate annual premia. On the other hand, the Government will pay an annual package premium of Rs. 5 crores to the insurance company on behalf of policyholders.

In the event of the death of an animal or its policyholder before the expiry of the policy period, the insurance company will pay a compensation of Rs. 1,500 for the sheep and Rs. 50,000 for the nominee of the policyholder, Mr. Patel said.

The scheme will be launched in first or second week of July either in Bidar or Bijapur. The Deputy Chief Minster, Siddaramaiah, is scheduled to participate in the event, he added.

The Government has regularised the services of 191 veterinary doctors working on contract basis. It has started the process for recruiting 250 veterinary officers and another 250 officers will be recruited later. Besides, the process for appointing 316 veterinary Inspectors is in progress.

The Government has made arrangements for supplying certain medicines (vaccine in particular) free of cost from July 1 for the benefit of over 2.5 lakh farmers engaged in livestock rearing, he said.

Asked about the demand and supply position of veterinary medicine and the quality of medicine supplied to the government veterinary hospitals, Mr. Patel said the Government is aware of the situation and he would pay surprise visits to the hospitals to monitor things.

Referring to the effective implementation of programmes and schemes of his Department, the Janata Dal (Secular) Minister complained that the allocation of funds is not adequate.

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