date:Jul 19, 2012
He has also directed the ICAR institutions to fast-track their research programmes relating to feed and fodder.
Pawar said this while informing the Parliamentary Consultative Committee about the decisions being taken to bridge the huge gap between the demand and availability of fodder in the country.
The minister informed that to achieve milk production of 160 million tonnes by 2020, 494 million tonnes of dry fodder, 825 million tonne green fodder and 54 million tonne concentrates will be requ