Organisation

West Bengal Livestock Development Corporation Limited

West Bengal Livestock Development Corporation Limited was established in the year 1974 and registered under Companies act, 1956 under registration number- CIN U01211WB1974SGC029356.In the year 2018 W.B. Dairy & Poultry Development Corporation Ltd another Govt of West Bengal undertaking merged with this Corporation vide MCA order No. 24/4/2017-CL-III dated 10^th August 2018 w.e.f.01^st April,2018. The present authorized share capital of the Corporation after amalgamation is Rs. 26,00,00,000/- and the paid up Share Capital is Rs. 15,63,82,100/-. The share of the State Government is Rs. 15,38,82,100/- and that of the Central Government is Rs. 25,00,000/-. The Corporation is under the administrative control of the Department of Animal Resources Development, Govt. of West Bengal.

The Management of the Corporation vests on its Board of Directors in terms of its Article of Association. Presently the corporation deals with production, processing & marketing of different species meat (both as fresh-chilled and frozen form) and value added meat products in its one segment under the brand name of Haringhata®Meat; simultaneously production & marketing of feed for animals, poultry & fish under the brand name of EPIC® Feed. For production & processing of meat & meat products, the Corporation has one modern semi-automatic chicken processing unit of birds per shift capacity, One Pork processing unit and one small animal meat processing unit of sheep/ goat within the geographical premises of Haringhata Meat Plant.

To facilitate smooth activity, the corporation has also started thinking multifaceted. In line of this, a Pig breeding farm at Mohitnagar, Jalpaiguri, Broiler breeding farm at Jatiakhali, Jalpaiguri, Commercial Chicken Layer farm at Kalyani, Nadia, Duck Breeding farm, Contract Broiler Farming, Black Bengal Goat Contract Farming etc. has been started / running successfully under the aegis of the Corporation.

MAIN OBJECTIVE Among other things include

• To execute Livestock Development projects of Central and State Government Authorities including Government Undertaking, Corporation scheme or any other development schemes of those authorities and to construct, build, equip, and maintain either on its own behalf or as a nodal agent of Government or semi-government authorities including District Boards, Panchayat Samities, Panchayats, Farm for Cattle, goat, sheep, pig, chicken, birds of all kind and make provisions for preparation and preservation of products and by-products arising there from in normal or scientific process, procedure and method.
• To carry on the business as trader, dealer, seller. exporter, importer, agents of the products of agriculture, farming, diary horticulture, floriculture, sericulture, pisciculture, including sea foods, marine products, processed fish, meat, pork, products, eggs, poultry products, protien foods, milk, cream, butter, cheese, ghee, sausages, fruits, roots, vegetables, honey, or other substance made from all or any of them and of drinks, except alcoholic drinks, beverages produced from such products whether fresh, dehydrated, canned or otherwise and other derivatives of all kind.
• To carry on the business of agriculture, orchards, farming, horticulture, floriculture, sericulture, pisciculture, diaries and cultivation of all kind of food-grains, seeds, fruits and deal in as trader, agent, buyer, seller, importer, exporter of all inputs including agrochemicals like manure fertilizers, pesticides.
• To carry on the business of purchase and sale of animals including cattle, buffaloes, sheep, goats, birds, pigs, and production, marketing and trading  of feed, feed supplements,medicines , premixes, probiotics and prebiotics for livestock, poultry, packaged drinking water and aquaculture including laboratory animals, wild animals and pet animals; the slaughtering of animals and birds and the sale of wholesale meat of animals, birds, fish, prawn and packaged drinking water to wholesalers, retailers and establishments.