Nitish Kumar Inaugurates Three-Days Bihar Dairy And Cattle Expo 2023

Nitish Kumar, the chief minister of Bihar, officially opened the three-day Bihar Dairy and Cattle Expo 2023. In addition, Nitish inaugurated five dairy factories and COMFED equipment, totalling Rs 411 crore. In Patna, the CM laid the groundwork for a new COMFED office building and a Matsya Vikas Bhawan. He also dedicated a Veterinary and Animal Husbandry College at Kishanganj. 

Bihar Dairy and Cattle Expo-2023

• The Chief Minister launched Comfed, five Patna dairy plants at a cost of Rs 172.76 crore, as well as other Patna equipment and the College of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry, Kishanganj. 
• The Chief Minister introduced five new Comfed Patna products: sweets, namkeen, biscuits, bread, and drinking water (Sudha Salil). 
• The foundation stone for Sudha's Cafeteria, which will be erected in the COMFED office premises at a cost of Rs 3.57 crore, was laid.
• The Bihar Animal Science University, Patna, Animal Nutrition App was also released by the Chief Minister.
• Improved milch cattle and bulls from several states were brought to the state's inaugural dairy and cattle fair, which was held at the Bihar Animal Sciences University's (BASU) playground. 

Who is Golu-2?

• Golu-2 is a Murrah buffalo from Panipat, Haryana.

Bihar State Milk Co-Operative Federation Ltd. (COMFED)

• The Bihar State Milk Co-Operative Federation Ltd. (COMFED) was established in 1983. 
• It was established as the implementing agency for the Operational Flood (OF) dairy development effort in Bihar based on the Anand template. 
• COMFED took over the old Bihar State Dairy Corporation's operations. 
• The MultiState Cooperative Society Act of 2002 governs it.

Bihar Animal Sciences University (BASU) 

• Bihar Animal Sciences University (BASU) was established with its headquarters at Patna through an act of Bihar State notified in the Bihar Gazette on 29 August 2016. 
• The University became operational on 13 June 2017 with the appointment of its first Vice-Chancellor.