Training on Artificial Insemination for Self-Employment (Gausevak)

What is Gausevak training in Madhya Pradesh?

Training on Artificial Insemination for Self-Employment: run and known in Madhya Pradesh as the Gausevak Prashikshan Yojana; is a free skill training programme of the Directorate of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of Madhya Pradesh. The programme trains unemployed rural youth in primary animal care, cattle management and artificial insemination support so that they can work as self-employed village-level service providers.

The department's stated purpose is twofold. First, to give educated but unemployed rural youth a skill they can earn from without leaving their village. Second, to close a real service gap: cattle owners in Madhya Pradesh's villages often have no trained person nearby for basic animal health support or for timely artificial insemination, and a delayed insemination cycle directly costs a household milk income.

Key features

• Training is free of cost, and the trainee is paid rather than charged.
• Primary training runs for six months.
• Monthly stipend of Rs 1,000 during the primary training.
• A training kit worth Rs 1,200 is provided.
• Training is conducted at the gram panchayat level, close to home.
• A completed trainee can return for refresher training as a refresher candidate, with a stipend of Rs 500 per month and study material worth Rs 100.

Artificial insemination itself sits within the wider national effort under the Rashtriya Gokul Mission, where trained village technicians deliver doorstep insemination services. Madhya Pradesh's Gausevak programme is the state route that feeds trained hands into that work.

Who is eligible for Gausevak training?

You can apply if:

• You are a resident of Madhya Pradesh.
• Your age is between 18 and 35 years.
• You have passed at least Class 10.
• You are currently unemployed.
• You have a bank account in your own name to receive the stipend.

You cannot apply, or are not eligible, if:

• You are below 18 or above 35 years of age on the date of application.
• You have not passed Class 10.
• You are not a resident of Madhya Pradesh — the training is restricted to state residents and a domicile certificate is a mandatory document.
• You are already in regular employment, whether government or private, since the programme is aimed at the unemployed.
• You cannot attend the full six-month course, because the stipend is tied to attendance through the training period.

There is no caste restriction on the Gausevak programme, and both men and women can apply. Prior experience with livestock is not a formal requirement, though candidates from cattle-keeping households usually find the practical component easier.

What documents are required for Gausevak training?

How to apply for Gausevak training

The application is offline. There is no online form for this programme, so a candidate should not pay any website or agent claiming to file one.

1. Visit the office of the Veterinary Officer, a government veterinary dispensary, or the office of the Deputy Director Veterinary Services in your district.
2. Ask for the Gausevak Prashikshan Yojana application form and check whether a batch is currently being enrolled in your development block.
3. Fill in the form with your personal details, education, address and bank account details.
4. Attach the documents; domicile certificate, Aadhaar card, Class 10 marksheet and certificate, bank passbook copy and photographs.
5. Submit the completed form at the same office and take an acknowledgement with the date of submission.
6. Wait for the selection list for the batch, which the district veterinary establishment prepares from the applications received.
7. On selection, report for the six-month training at the notified gram panchayat venue and maintain attendance, since the stipend is linked to it.

How to follow up on your application

Because the process is offline and batch-based, the practical follow-up is with the same office where you submitted the form. Keep the acknowledgement, note the name of the officer who received it, and ask when the next batch is expected to start in your block. The Deputy Director Veterinary Services at the district level is the officer who can say whether a batch has been sanctioned for your area in the current year, which is usually the real reason for a wait rather than anything wrong with the individual application.

The department's helpline listed for the Animal Husbandry and Dairying Directorate is 0755-2772262, and the directorate publishes departmental information at mpdah.gov.in.

What a trained Gausevak does

A trained Gausevak works as a self-employed village service provider, not as a government appointee. Selection for training does not carry any promise of a government post, and candidates should be clear about this before applying. What the training provides is a recognised skill, a kit to start with, and a link to the district veterinary establishment.

The typical work covers primary animal care at the cattle owner's doorstep, support with artificial insemination timing and delivery, guidance on feed and cattle management, and referral of serious cases to the veterinary dispensary. Income comes from service charges paid by cattle owners, and in practice depends on how many milch animals are kept in and around the Gausevak's village.

Refresher training

The programme allows a Gausevak who has completed the six-month primary training to apply again for refresher training. Candidates in this second round are formally called refresher candidates and are paid a stipend of Rs 500 per month along with study material worth Rs 100, rather than the primary training's Rs 1,000 and Rs 1,200 kit. Refresher training exists to keep skills current for people who trained some years earlier and have been working in the field since.

Common reasons applications do not succeed

• Age outside the 18 to 35 band on the date of application, most often discovered when the Class 10 certificate date of birth is checked.
• No domicile certificate, which is the one document candidates most often arrive without and which cannot be waived.
• Class 10 not passed, including cases where the candidate has appeared but the result is not yet declared.
• No batch sanctioned in that block for the year, which is a scheduling matter rather than a rejection of the candidate.
• Incomplete bank details, which does not stop selection but does stop the stipend.
• Inability to attend the full six months, which surfaces during training and ends the stipend.

Help and grievance redressal

• Animal Husbandry and Dairying Directorate helpline: 0755-2772262
• Deputy Director Veterinary Services at the district headquarters, for batch scheduling and selection queries
• Veterinary Officer or government veterinary dispensary in your block, for forms and submission
• Departmental portal: mpdah.gov.in

Gausevak training is free and the application is filed directly at a government veterinary office. No fee is payable to any agent, and no one can guarantee selection into a batch for money.