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Line Department
Line departments are government departments at the state level, with mandates related to specific thematic sectors. These departments may further comprise several smaller departments depending on the size of the state and administrative convenience and can therefore vary across different states.
A line department is generally headed by a state government Minister, assisted by a career bureaucrat, of the designation of Secretary, Principal Secretary or Commissioner, depending on seniority. Each Line Department has a district-level head, such as the Superintending Engineer for the Rural Water Supply Department. Each department also has staff for implementation of work, such as Executive Engineers (EE), Deputy Executive Engineers (DEE), Assistant Engineers (AE), Junior Engineers (JE), Pump Operators, etc. besides clerical staff.
Gongadi
A multi-purpose, locally woven blanket with coarse texture, made from the wool of the Deccani sheep. It is used as a blanket, as protection from rain, for holding and temporary storage of grain, and for seating on the floor.
Gid
A disease of sheep characterized by an unsteady gait and staggering, caused by infestation of the brain with tapeworms (Taenia caenuris).
Ectoparasiticide
An anti-parasitic drug used in the treatment of ectoparasitic infestations. These drugs are used to kill parasites that live on the body surface (such as ticks and lice). (Source – Wikipedia)
Deep Litter
It is an animal housing system, based on the repeated spreading of straw or sawdust material in indoor booths. An initial layer of litter is spread for the animals to use as bedding material and to defecate in, and as the litter is soiled, new layers of litter are continuously added by the farmer. In this fashion, this bedding can build up often up to depths of 1 to 2 metres.
Backyard poultry
Traditional poultry rearing generally undertaken by women of poor, marginalized house-holds. The birds are raised in a scavenging/ semi-scavenging system, for household nutrition and food, and supplementary income. Usually small flocks of one to ten desi (non-descript)/ indigenous/improved birds are raised in homestead areas or on farms close to homestead areas.
Polled Livestock
Polled livestock are animals without horns, of species that normally have them. The term refers both to breeds or strains which are naturally polled through selective breeding and also to naturally horned animals which have been dehorned.
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