Speaking on the occasion of World Egg Day at PUSA in N Delhi Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Radha Mohan Singh vowed to increase egg production by three times.
He said that the availability is 63 eggs per person per year in the country, while as per National Nutrition Institute this should be about 180 eggs per person. He was speaking in a function organized by DADF. The poultry farmers and various stakeholders were participating in this function.
Agriculture Minister said that India is among the top egg producer countries in the world and the production of eggs in the country is about 83 billion. He said that in order to increase egg production by three times many steps have been taken so that health of the children improves and poultry farmers get benefits.
He said that Government of India is promoting poultry farming through National Livestock Mission. Financial assistance is being given to the BPL families for poultry farming. Poultry farming is being promoted under the component of entrepreneurship development and employment generation.