Principles and Techniques of Veterinary and AH Extension

FIRST TO FOURTH FIVE YEAR PLAN

First Five Year Plan (1950-55)

• All the activities of rural life were initiated through community development programmes.
• With regard to animal husbandry the goal was to increase milk production and supply to urban areas and improving the quality of indigenous breeds so as to provide draught power.
• Official cattle breeding policy was laid down emphasizing the development of dual-purpose breeds. Buffaloes were included in key village scheme (KVS). “Gosadan” were set up for surplus cattle.
• The plan recommended for setting up public milk supply schemes with provision to set up milk board for each urban area.

Second Five Year Plan (1955-60)

• The plan provides for pedigree bull rearing farms and for pregnancy testing in KVS areas.

Third Five Year Plan (1960-65)

• It encouraged cross breeding with exotic breeds setting up of fodder banks, feed computing factories using agriculture wastes and byproducts, manufacture of any dairy machines and equipment in private sector within the country.
• The urban milk board and milk plants have been abandoned.

Fourth Five Year Plan (1969-74)

• The fourth plan enlisted selective breeding programme and emphasized crossbreeding with exotic breeds.
• Second important innovation made was the international linkage of the development strategies through dairy commodity aid under the World Food Programme.
• It also envisaged an All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) for improvement of production potential of buffaloes and also Operation Flood Project (OFP) was introduced.