Lok Sabha Question No. 4043 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-20
Subject: Promotion of Animal Husbandry, Dairy and Fisheries Sectors
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: VISHNU DAYAL RAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, DAIRYING & FISHERIES LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4043

TO BE ANSWERED ON 20 TH  MARCH, 2018

## PROMOTION OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, DAIRY AND FISHERIES SECTORS

## 4043.  SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM :

Will the Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare कृ षि और ककसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to provide more importance to animal husbandry, dairy and fisheries sectors;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether it has become mandatory to pay more attention towards milch cattle because of  erratic rainfall and shortage of water in various parts of the country; and
- (d) if so, the steps proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE (SHRIMATI KRISHNA RAJ)

- (a) & (b) In  order  to  supplement  the  efforts  of  State  Governments,  Department  of  Animal  Husbandry, Dairying  &  Fisheries(DADF)  is  implementing  the  following  schemes  for  promoting  animal  husbandry, dairying and  fisheries sector:
- a. Rashtirya Gokul Mission
- b. National Dairy Plan-I
- c. Livestock Health & Disease Control
- d. National Livestock Mission
- e. Blue Revolution: Integrated Development and Management of Fisheries
- f. National Programme for Dairy Development
- g. Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme

Further,  Dairy  Processing  and  Infrastructure  Development  Fund  (DIDF)  with  total  corpus  of  Rs.10,881 crore  has  been  launched  with  the  objective  of  modernisation  of  milk  processing  plants  and  creation  of  addition infrastructure for milk processing over a period of three years i.e. 2017-18 to 2019-20.

(c) & (d) Livestock especially milch animal are the best insurance against the vagaries of nature due to drought, famine and other natural calamities including erratic rainfall and shortage of water. Therefore, in order to complement and supplement the efforts made by the States for development of milch animals, Government of India is implementing following schemes:

- (i) Rashtriya  Gokul  Mission  with  the  aim  to  develop  and  conserve  indigenous  breeds  and  enhancing  their production and productivity.
- (ii) National Dairy Plan-I being implemented to increase productivity of milch animals and provide rural milk producers with greater access to the organized milk processing sector.
- (iii) Livestock Health & Disease Control scheme is implemented in order to prevent, control and contain animal diseases in the country.
- (iv)  National  Livestock  Mission  being  implemented  with  a  focus  on  feed  and  fodder  development  to  increase fodder availability in the country and sub-mission on livestock development having component for livestock insurance including insurance of milch animals.

Further,  to  meet  the  infrastructure  requirements  of  animal  husbandry  and  fisheries  sector,  in  the  Budget 2018-19, the Government of India has announced the setting up of Animal Husbandry, Infrastructure Development Fund and  Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund with total corpus of Rs.10,000 crore.

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