Department of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services

Director Profile

The Director is the Head of Department and Head of organization for the Directorate. He is responsible to provide guideline and leadership to officers and staff employed in the Department of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services. He is responsible for formulation, implementation and monitoring of all the Plan and Non-Plan activities of the department. He co-ordinates the work of various sections and allocation of work within the department and acts as a Liaison Officer with the Administration and other departments. He is responsible for enforcement of various Acts/Rules/Orders and Quarantine measures required with respect to animal movement, transportation, Animal disease surveillance and control of disease, in this Union Territory. He is responsible to implement all the development schemes through the UT for the upliftment of socio-economic status of the farmers and for overall development of Animal Husbandry sector. He reviews the performance of the department at field level by active interaction with PRIs and Tribal Council representatives from time to time. The Director shall be responsible for maintaining the disease free status of this UT and monitor the animal health cover programmes.

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