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Balaghat's Baiga Families to Get 90% Subsidy on 2 Milch Animals for Livelihood Support
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News18•21-09-2026, 20:12
Balaghat's Baiga Families to Get 90% Subsidy on 2 Milch Animals for Livelihood Support
- •The Chief Minister's Milking Animal Supply Scheme aims to provide employment support to Baiga families in Balaghat.
- •Under the scheme, Baiga or protected tribe members receive a 90% subsidy for two milch animals.
- •Financial assistance of 1.90 lakh rupees for two cows and 2.25 lakh rupees for two buffaloes will be provided.
- •The scheme also covers 3 years of animal insurance, medicine, 3 months of animal feed, and transport costs.
- •The initiative will be implemented in Lanji, Birsa, Baihar, and Paraswada blocks of Balaghat, where the Baiga tribe resides.
Key Questions Answered
The Madhya Pradesh government launched this scheme to improve the rural economy and protect tribes like the Baiga by providing two milch cows or Murrah buffaloes at a 90% subsidy, requiring only a 10% beneficiary contribution which is covered through community funding in Balaghat.
The scheme operates across four blocks in Balaghat—Lanji, Birsa, Baihar, and Paraswada—where the Baiga tribe primarily resides.
Aside from receiving two cows or buffaloes, beneficiaries are given animal husbandry training prior to raising the animals, alongside three years of animal insurance, medicine, three months of animal feed, and transport costs.
