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2020

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
India’s largest piggery mission was launched in which state?
A
Meghalaya
B
Sikkim
C
Assam
D
Odisha
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Meghalaya State Piggery Mission - Project Guidelines.

Detailed explanation-2: -India’s largest piggery project was launched in Meghalaya today by the Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Kailash Choudhary. Funded by NCDC, the project is expected to make Meghalaya self-sufficient in pork production.

Detailed explanation-3: -INDIAN PIG FARM is the biggest pig farm in Rampur(U.P.) INDIA with more then 100 animals.

Detailed explanation-4: -Meghalaya Piggery Mission Under this scheme 4 pigs, 3 female and 1 male piglets will be distributed to the farmers to promote pig breeding to provide regular income to the farmers. This livestock package is Rs 25, 000 per beneficiary.

Detailed explanation-5: -Apart from being reared through free range management, pig farming has also boomed as a semi-commercial industry with intensive farming methods. Pig population has been recorded as 784.20 million, globally (2022). India has a total of 9.06 million pigs as per the 20th Livestock Census data.

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