BANGALORE: The state government’s proposal to establish Animal Husbandry Polytechnics that would offer diploma in animal husbandry - a key proposal in former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa’s “green budget” - has been stalled due to lack of clearance from the finance department.The proposal, which was touted to be the first of its kind in the state, was aimed at overcoming the acute shortage of skilled, mid-level workers especially in rural areas for the Department of Animal Husbandry (DAH).Such diploma programmes, at present, are offered in institutes in Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra.The Bidarbased Veterinary University has four colleges affiliated to it - each located at Bangalore, Bidar, Shimoga and Hassan.The DAH had sent a proposal to the finance department seeking `6 crore to establish requisite infrastructure and hire teaching faculty and start functioning from the current academic year itself, which was eventually nixed.The proposed polytechnics were slated to offer a two-year diploma on animal husbandry with those having passed the SSLC from rural backgrounds eligible for it.The DAH had planned to start a polytechnic at the state-owned Livestock Research and Information Centre at Koyla in Puttur taluk from the current financial year.However, paucity of funds is not the reason for the denial of permission to start the institutes, said informed sources in the state finance department.It is said to have insisted that the institute be opened at a place of its choice, either at Bankapur or at Konehalli in Tumkur.
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