Constitution of District Livestock Mission Committee, State Level Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee and State Livestock Mission
The Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries Department issued G.O. Ms. No. 243, Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries (AH2), dated 5th December 2014, to establish three bodies for implementing the Government of India’s National Livestock Mission in Tamil Nadu. It creates a district committee, a state sanctioning and monitoring committee, and a State Livestock Mission, and sets out their membership and functions.
What the government order does
G.O. Ms. No. 243, Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries (AH2), dated 5th December 2014, establishes the administrative structure for implementing National Livestock Mission programmes at state and district levels in Tamil Nadu. The Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries Department published the government order in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette on 21st January 2015.
The government order follows the Government of India’s National Livestock Mission operational guidelines. It supplements the State Level Executive Committee that had already been constituted under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary to Government.
Committees established
The Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries Department constitutes:
- A District Livestock Mission Committee in each district, chaired by the District Collector.
- A State Level Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee for the Entrepreneurship Development and Employment Generation component.
- A State Livestock Mission led by the Principal Secretary or Secretary to Government, Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries Department, as State Mission Director and Member Secretary.
Representatives may include government departments, dairy cooperatives, farmers, animal rearers, poultry associations, banks, marketing boards, self help groups and non-governmental organisations.
Main responsibilities
The District Livestock Mission Committee is responsible for advancing mission objectives through project formulation, implementation and monitoring.
The State Level Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee must:
- Collect information about applications pending with banks.
- Approve projects and monitor disbursement and implementation.
- Coordinate with the State Level Bankers’ Committee.
- Review unit costs each year and obtain ratification from the Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries.
- Decide the smallest suitable project unit size based on local conditions and beneficiary capacity.
The State Livestock Mission must:
- Prepare strategic, perspective and annual action plans.
- Conduct baseline surveys and feasibility studies.
- Receive, account for and release mission funds.
- Monitor implementing organisations and agencies.
- Support programmes delivered through farmer groups, cooperatives, self help groups and similar bodies.
- Organise training, workshops and technology transfer.
- submit monthly progress reports and operate an information technology enabled management system.
Who is affected
G.O. Ms. No. 243 primarily affects livestock programme administrators, farmers, animal rearers, poultry associations, cooperatives, banks, self help groups and organisations involved in National Livestock Mission projects. It does not set out changes to land ownership, patta, land use or property boundaries.
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Common questions
Does G.O. Ms. No. 243 change my patta or land ownership?
No land ownership, patta, land use or property boundary changes are set out in G.O. Ms. No. 243. It establishes committees for implementing National Livestock Mission programmes.
Who heads the District Livestock Mission Committee?
The District Collector is the chairperson. The Regional Joint Director or District Animal Husbandry Officer is the Member Secretary and services the committee.
Who approves and monitors entrepreneurship projects under the mission?
The State Level Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee approves projects and monitors bank disbursements and implementation under the Entrepreneurship Development and Employment Generation component.
Can farmers and animal rearers be represented on the district committee?
Yes. The District Livestock Mission Committee includes representatives from dairy cooperatives, farmers, animal rearers and poultry associations, with the representatives decided by the District Collector concerned.
