GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

ABSTRACT

Animal Husbandry-Centrally Sponsored Scheme-17^th Quinquennial Livestock Census-State Level Committee-Constituted-Orders Issued.

ANIMAL  HUSBANDRY AND FISHERIES (AH3) DEPARTMENT

G.O.(D) No.239
Dated:12.8.2004.

Read:

1) G.O.Ms.No.29, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Department, dated 26.2.2004
2) G.O.Ms.No.92, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Department, dated 22.7.2004
3) From the Commissioner and Director of Veterinary Services letter No.19682/S/2003-1, dated 11.3.2004 and 22.6.04

ORDER:

The Census on Livestock, Poultry, Fisheries etc are being carried out once in five years.  Therefore the Government of  India have conveyed the administrative approval for the implementation of the 17^th Quinquennial Livestock Census Scheme for TamilNadu to be implemented by Animal Husbandry Department.

2. The main objective of conducting the census is collection of data on Livestock and poultry population along with age, sex, composition etc, and agricultural implements, fishing implements and other machineries.  This work would cover the entire rural and urban areas of TamilNadu on complete enumeration basis.  The responsibility of conducting the 17^th Quinquennial Livestock Census rests with State Government.  The Commissioner and Director of Veterinary Services will coordinate, guide, scrutinize, compile and process the data and publish the results.

3. In the Government Order Ist  read above, the Government have approved the conduct of Centrally Sponsored Scheme of 17^th Quinquennial Livestock Census in TamilNadu .  In the Government Order 2^nd read, the Government have ordered that the Census work would commence on the 20^th August 2004 and would be completed by the 15^th  September 2004 without fail.  For this purpose  the District Collectors have been nominated as District Livestock Census Officers in respect of their Districts and the concerned Commissioner as Livestock  Census Officer in respect of their jurisdiction.  The District Collectors were permitted to appoint enumerators and supervisors for the work.   The Commissioner and Director of Veterinary Services was also directed to arrange to give training to the Enumerators and Supervisors.  The Government have also ordered the formation of  District Level Committees in all the Districts under the chairmanship of the District Collectors with the Joint Directors of  Animal Husbandry as Member – Convener , Deputy Director of Fisheries or Assistant Director of Fisheries and Joint Director of  Agriculture and Assistant Director of Agricultural Engineering as Members.

4.The Commissioner and Director of Veterinary Services has also sent proposal for the setting up of a State Level Committee for the smooth conduct of the census.  The Government after careful examination accept the proposal of the Commissioner and Director of Veterinary Services and order the formation of  a State Level Committee with the following officials for the smooth conduct of  Census:-

5.The  states of the committee will be "Officers Committee"

6. This order issues with the concurrence of  Finance Department vide its U.O.No.234/SS/Dr.KSG/2004, dated 30.7.2004.

/By order of the Governor/

VISHWANATH SHEGOANKAR
SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT.

To

The Commissioner and Director of Veterinary Services,Chennai.600 006

The Director of  Fisheries, Chennai 600 006

The Commissioner of  Agriculture, Chennai 600 005

The Director of Rural Development, Chennai 600 015

The Commissioner of  Municipal Administration, Chennai 600 005

The Chief Engineer, Agricultural Engineering, Chennai 600 005

Copy to

The P.S to Secretary  to Government ,Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Department, Chennai.600 009

The  Rural Development Department, Secretariat, Chennai.600 009

The MAWS Department, Secretariat, Chennai.600 009

The Agricultural Department, Secretariat, Chennai.600 009

The Planning, Development & Special Initiatives Department, Secretariat, Chennai.600 009

The Finance Department, Secretariat, Chennai.600 009

All District Collectors.

The Account General, Chennai 600 018/By name.