Policy Notes - TNAU Agritech Portal

Every year, the department also participates in theAll India Tourist and Trade Fair conducted atChennai and also in the Co-operative WeekCelebrations. Latest information to farmers iscarried through mass media like Television, All IndiaRadio and the Press. In addition, leaflets, folders,pamphlets, newsletters and bulletins on the latestanimal husbandry activities and emerging diseasesare distributed to the public during the “KalnadaiPadukappu Thittam” camps, fairs, festivals andlocal shandies conducted in various parts of theState to create awareness among the farmers.Regular weekly broadcasts on animal husbandryare made through All India Radio.During the year 2009-10, the Governmentallocated a sum of Rs.3.13 lakhs to the AnimalHusbandry Department towards conducting fairsand the department participated in the followingfairs:‣ Dindigul - - Kodai VizhaKodaikannal‣ Yercaud - Kodai Vizha‣ Krishnagiri - Mangani Vizha‣ Villupuram- - Kodai FairKalvarayan Malai‣ Cuddalore - Silver Beach Fair‣ Vellore - Yelagiri - Kodai Vizha‣ Thiruvannamalai - Deepathiru Vizha‣ Chennai - All India Tourist& Trade Fair‣ Madurai - Govt. ChithiraiExhibition‣ Tirunelveli - Govt. ExhibitionA sum of Rs.79,860/- was allocated for thedepartment to take part in Republic Day Paradepageantry at Chennai.ANIMAL WELFARE MEASURESIt has been rightly said by Gandhiji “Thegreatness of a nation and its moral progress can bejudged by the way its animals are treated". Toprevent cruelty to animals and to treat themethically, the Government in coordination withAnimal Welfare Board is addressing the problems ofunethical treatment to animals in a three-prongedapproach.8283