Accredited Agent for Health and Extension of Livestock Production programme

August 17, 2023

A-HELP is an initiative of the Union Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying and the Ministry of Rural Development.
Aim– To empower women by engaging them as trained agents who contribute significantly to disease control, artificial insemination under Rashtriya Gokul Mission (RGM), animal tagging, and livestock insurance.
These women assist veterinarians in local departmental activities, help livestock farmers to take loans for entrepreneurship development, fill out applications, register animals in the Information Network For Animal Productivity and Health (INAPH) portal and help with insurance etc.
Members of women self-help groups registered under the State Rural Livelihood Mission, who are helping in the form of Pashu Sakhi, will be trained as A-HELP.