The Cabinet of Ministers has actually approved approval for the import of premium genetic dairy cattle from Pakistan in an effort to increase local milk production.A budget of Rs.
100 million each was allocated in both 2023 and 2024 to acquire these premium dairy cattle with excellent genes, but due to issues in the procurement process, the needed livestock have actually not been gotten so far.In response, the government has actually connected to numerous countries regarding the possibility of a direct government-to-government deal for suitable cattle.The Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP), with the mediation of the Pakistan High Commission, has agreed to supply seven critical male livestock of the Sahiwal and Nili-Ravi breeds to Sri Lanka.Additionally, the government has chosen to purchase an overall of 20,000 semen doses from Sahiwal livestock from the National Dairy Development Board of India as a government-to-government transaction.
This will continue till the bulls are imported and the bull semen is produced.Accordingly, the Cabinet of Ministers has approved the proposal sent by the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Lands and Irrigation to get 5 Sahiwal bulls and two Nili-Ravi buffaloes from Pakistan, along with to buy 20,000 doses of Sahiwal bull semen for the function of breeding by means of artificial insemination, from India through federal government transactions.