Assam CM Calls on Youths to Take up Farming

Guwahati: Calling on the educated unemployed youth of Assam to take up the many opportunities that exist in farming, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said that milk production and cattle rearing can provide a big boost to rural economy and create avenues of employment.

Sonowal was speaking at the 59th foundation day celebration programme of Sitajakhala Dugdha Utpadak Samabai Samiti Limited, a well-known milk producers’ cooperative in Morigaon district in Assam. He said that his government will provide support to those youth who want to become agricultural entrepreneurs by taking up dairy farming.

CM Sonowal took the opportunity to announce the establishment of a veterinary hospital in the area.