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POLICY OBJECTIVES: The Poultry Policy aims to address various interlinked concerns through a simultaneous and multi-pronged action with an emphasis on improvement in production technology and infrastructure, driving capital formation, re-structuring the incentives and streamlining the institutions. Objectives: • To enable a conducive environment for commercial poultry farming in the State. • To promote backyard poultry farming for livelihood. • To produce 100 lakh egg per day and 100 TMT broiler meat per annum. • To promote creation of infrastructure like laboratories, processing units etc. and boost processing and distribution facilities 5 Commercial Poultry farming will be encouraged to create employment for the educated youths. State incentives viz. capital assistance and marketing for poultry products are essential. Backyard poultry will be promoted in rural areas for securing better livelihood and living conditions for farmers, particularly the women. Other birds like Duck, Japanese Quail, turkey will be encouraged in some niche areas. Duck-fish farming will also be tried in suitable areas. State Government and Central government Agencies (Central Avian Research Institute, Central Poultry Development Organisation) will supply chicks/ ducklings for backyard sector. Convergence with National Livestock Mission launched in the Year 2014-15 will be made, which has a lot of scope for productivity enhancement through Rural Backyard Poultry. The Poultry Policy covers the species suitable for backyard and commercial farming. It includes Chicken, Japanese Quail, Duck.