The Maharashtra government has decided to set up ‘intensive poultry development’ blocks in 14 districts on a public-private partnership (PPP) basis. The decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting that chief minister Devendra Fadnavis chaired.
“Intensive poultry development blocks will be set up in 14 districts on a PPP basis,” an official in the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said. At present, there are a few poultry groups in 16 districts. The decision would allow 28 more to be set up across the state.
The government is coordinating with the National Egg Coordination Committee (NECC) to sell eggs and earn some profit for the poultry blocks. The official said that this would help the farmers and provide them with an opportunity for employment.
The Cabinet has also approved a proposal to start “Tejaswini”, a bus service only for women in five municipal corporation areas — Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane, Kalyan-
Dombivali and Nagpur. The buses are intended to help working women reach their destinations faster. The government is going to add 300 more buses for women to the existing stock, the official said.
In another decision, the government decided that the “Samruddh Gram Yojana” will be called “Smart Gram” and be implemented from 2016-17 onwards, the official said.
