Punyashlok Ahilyadevi Maharashtra Mendhi Va Sheli Vikas Mahamandal Ltd. Pune (Formerly known as Maharashtra Sheep Development Corporation) is a Government of Maharashtra Undertaking, registered under the Company’s Act of 1956 under Registration No. 20560/CTA on 8th August 1978 for overall development of sheep & goat sector and to improve the economic & social status of shepherd’s community in the State of Maharashtra. The main objectives of the Corporation are as under:-
1. | To establish, extend to reorganize Sheep & Goat Breeding Farms, of Exotic/Local/Cross-breed Sheep in the State. |
2. | To multiply such units at location convenient to Sheep & Goat rising. |
3. | To import, export & sell the Sheep & Goat and its products. |
4. | To take crossbreeding program for up- gradation of local Sheep & Goat. |
5. | To establish, or reorganize Sheep & Goat extension centers in collaboration with the State Government. |
6. | To finance, promote, establish, administer & assist institutions run by Government, Co-operatives. |