Ladakh targets 4 lakh Pashmina goats by next year, 25% subsidy for growers
Jammu, Oct. 13 -- Share Tweet Share Leh, Oct 13 (KNS): The Ladakh administration has set a target of increasing the Union Territory's Pashmina goat population to four lakh by next year and introduced a 25 per cent subsidy for wool growers, Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena said on Tuesday. Chairing the first meeting of the Union Territory's Advisory Council in Leh, Saxena said the measures were aimed at strengthening the Pashmina sector and improving livelihoods of Changpa herders, who depend on livestock rearing in Ladakh's high-altitude regions. The meeting reviewed several development priorities, including water security, agricultural sustainability, employment generation, tourism, heritage conservation, infrastructure development...
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