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New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be launching National Animal Disease Control Programme (NADCP) for Foot and Mouth Disease and Brucellosis on September 11, 2019, in Mathura, UP. He will also launch National Artificial Insemination Programme during the event.
PM Modi will visit Pashu Vigyan Evam Arogya Mela and launch Babugarh Sex Semen facility and simultaneous countrywide workshops at Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) in all the 687 districts of the country on vaccination and diseases management, Artifical insemination and productivity, etc.
National Animal Disease Control Programme for Foot and Mouth Disease and Brucellosis is a 100% centrally funded programme with a total outlay of Rs 12,652 crore from 2019 to 2024. It aims to control Foot and Mouth Disease and Brucellosis by 2025 with vaccination and eventual eradication by 2030, according to a PIB release.