Functions of the Authority

The Authority shall be responsible :–– (a) to implement Breeding Policy and services in the State ; (b) to regulate the storage, sale and use of semen or embryos produced within or outside the State or imported from any other country ; (c) to certify bovine bulls, which meet the standards, as may be prescribed by the Authority ; (d) to register semen stations in the State as per the provisions laid down in Chapter III of the Act ; (e) to register semen banks in the State ; (f) to register and certify the trained Private AI technician other than veterinarian and existing Para-vets (trained in Stock Assistant Training Institutes of State of Animal Husbandry Department, Jammu and Kashmir) for operating bovine breeding activities in the State through appropriate Standard Operative Procedures prescribed by the Authority ; (g) to register and certify the bull keepers, using bulls for bovine breeding activities by way of natural mating in the State through appropriate Standard Operative Procedures to be laid down by the Authority ; and (h) to perform such other functions concerning bovine breeding, as may be prescribed.