- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 11, 2019 launched the National Animal Disease Control Programme (NACDP) to control and eradicate the Foot & Mouth Disease (FMD) and Brucellosis amongst the livestock in the country, at Mathura.
- The 12,652 Crore fully Central Government sponsored programme will vaccinate over 600 million cattle in the country in an effort to mitigate the two diseases.
National Artificial Insemination Programme
- The Prime Minister also launched the National Artificial Insemination Programme and a country wide workshop in all the Krishi Vggyan Kendras(KVKs) in all the 687 Districts of the country on vaccination and disease management, Artificial Insemination and Productivity.
