Addressing a conference to celebrate World Egg Day in New Delhi today, Mr Radha Mohan Singh said, high nutrition contents are available in eggs as well as it is a very good source of protein and Vitamins. He said that the recent research shows that it is also helpful in reducing blindness. The Minister said, awareness should be created among the people about the nutrition values of eggs and doctors, nutrition specialists, academicians, egg processing industries and related policy makers can play a vital role. Agriculture Minister said that India is among the top egg producer countries in the world and the production of eggs in the country is about 83 billion. He said that in order to increase egg production by three times many steps have been taken so that health of the children improves and poultry farmers get benefits. He said that government is promoting poultry farming through National Livestock Mission and financial assistance is being given to the BPL families for poultry farming.