The Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries under the Union Ministry of Agriculture has released a set of new guidelines for poultries.
It classifies poultry farmers based on the number of birds in the farm.
Small - 5,000-25,000 birds
Medium - 25,000 – 1 lakh birds
Large – more than 1 lakh birds
A farm should be set up
500m away from a residential area,
100m from rivers, lakes, canals and drinking water sources,
100m from national highways and
10-15m from village footpaths and rural roads.
In the new guideline, a farmer of medium-sized poultry farm will have to obtain a certificate of Consent from State Pollution Control Board under the Water Act, 1974 and the Air Act, 1981.
The permission will be valid for 15 years.
The Animal Husbandry Department will be responsible for implementing the guidelines at the state and district level.