Under the aegis of the Nagaland Livestock Development Board (NLDB) Kohima, the state implementing agency of government of India, National Project on Cattle & Buffalo Breeding (NPCBB), SDVO Pughoboto office has conducted the camp in seven villages on Livestock Insurance Scheme (LIS) for dairy farmers of the area.
At the training camps, resource persons Dr. Tekasangba Jamir & Dr. Toshi Aier explained on the objective, importance, criteria, procedures, dos & don’ts & importance of insurance etc.
It was further stated that LIS was a subsidized scheme where 50:50 percent of the very minimum premium would be shared between the insured (owner) and the implementing agency (NLDB).
It was also disclosed that the insured would not have to run for the claim in event of their animals’ death.
However, they just have to inform agency through phone and the rest would be done accordingly by the officer/staff concern.
According to the SDVO Pughoboto, the awareness camps were conducted nine villages (Lazami, Mishilimi, Pughoboto, Asukiqa, Kitami, Punepoqa, Ghokimi Natsumi & Tsaphimi) and more villages would be covered under Zunheboto district. SDVO Pughoboto expressed hope that there would be positive feedback from the participants. He also expressed happiness to all the VCCs/ VC secretaries, VDB secretaries, dairy farmers and individuals for their participation and extending help to the team.
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