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The Government of India, in recent years, has made renewed efforts to build the economy through investments targeting the achievement of the livestock sector growth and farmers' income. Huge investments are currently ongoing within the Animal Husbandry and Veterinary sector.

Animal Husbandry and Veterinary service is a state subject in India. It is essential to empower and build the capacity of state governments to deliver on the expected outcome of the program-based investments made. There is a need to augment structural changes for the much-needed improvement in veterinary service performance at par with global standards. In November 2018, the Government of India published the first-ever report on the performance evaluation of national veterinary services (PVS) in collaboration with the World Organization for animal health ( WOAH, founded as OIE). The report, which is in the public domain, provided various recommendations.