Lok Sabha Question No. 1495 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-25
Subject: Livestock Insurance  Scheme
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: GOPALAKRISHNAN CHINNARAJ

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 1495 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 TH  JULY, 2017

## LIVESTOCK INSURANCE SCHEME

1495 : DR. C. GOPALAKRISHNAN :

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि और ककसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state?

- (a) Whether the Government has launched Livestock Insurance Scheme in the entire country;
- (b)  if so, the details thereof along with the salient features of the scheme;
- (c) Whether it is true that for the first time all the districts in the country and all the animals have been covered under Livestock Insurance Scheme;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the total number of animals which were included under the scheme animal and State-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

(SHRI SUDARSHAN BHAGAT)

- (a) Yes, Madam. National Livestock Mission  (NLM) has been implementing Risk Management and Insurance component under Sub-mission of Livestock Development from the year 2014-15 in conjunction with State Governments.
- (b)to(e)    The  'Risk  Management  &  Insurance'  as  component  of  sub-mission  on  livestock development  of  NLM  is  implemented  in  all  the  Districts  of  the  Country.  The  indigenous  / crossbred milch animals, pack animals (Horses, Donkey, Mules, Camels, Ponies and Cattle/Buffalo Male) and Other livestock (Goat, Sheep, Pig, Rabbit, Yak and Mithun) are under the purview of the 'Risk Management & Insurance'.  Benefit of subsidy is restricted to 5 animals per beneficiary per household for all animals except sheep, goat, pig and rabbit. In case of sheep, goat, pig and rabbit, the benefit of subsidy is  restricted based on 'Cattle Unit' and one cattle unit is equal to 10 animals i.e for sheep, goat, pig and rabbit. The animals indicated above are covered for all the States / UTs.

## Annexure

| Number of animals insured   | Number of animals insured   | Number of animals insured   | Number of animals insured   |
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| S.No.                       | State                       |                             | 2015-16                     |
| 1                           | 2                           | 3                           | 4                           |
| 1                           | Andhra Pradesh              | 0                           | 102876                      |
| 2                           | Arunchal Pradesh            | 2650                        | 0                           |
| 3                           | Assam                       | 97500                       | 2957                        |
| 4                           | Bihar                       | 0                           | 0                           |
| 5                           | Chhattisgarh                | 3251                        | 3663                        |
| 6                           | Goa                         | 0                           | 0                           |
| 7                           | Gujarat                     | 4256                        | 21602                       |
| 8                           | Haryana                     | 65970                       | 121895                      |
| 9                           | Himachal Pradesh            | 14247                       | 0                           |
| 10                          | Jammu & Kashmir             | 0                           | 0                           |
| 11                          | Jharkhand                   |                             | 0                           |
| 12                          | Karnataka                   | 30564                       | 540000                      |
| 13                          | Kerala                      | 17792                       | 0                           |
| 14                          | Madhya Pradesh              | 481826                      | 37486                       |
| 15                          | Maharashtra                 | 90913                       | 19211                       |
| 16                          | Manipur                     | 171                         | 0                           |
| 17                          | Meghalaya                   | 59                          | 2274                        |
| 18                          | Mizoram                     | 1644                        | 0                           |
| 19                          | Nagaland                    | 5117                        | 0                           |
| 20                          | Orissa                      | 60000                       | 0                           |
| 21                          | Punjab                      | 50000                       | 0                           |
| 22                          | Rajasthan                   | 7808                        | 0                           |
| 23                          | Sikkim                      | 2063                        | 1478                        |
| 24                          | Tamil Nadu                  | 509000                      | 32007                       |
| 25                          | Telangana                   | 0                           | 69236                       |
| 26                          | Tripura                     | 1729                        | 312                         |
| 27                          | Uttarakhand                 | 174                         | 30287                       |
| 28                          | Uttar Pradesh               | 14406                       | 32429                       |
| 29                          | West Bengal                 | 186360                      | 0                           |
| 30                          | Puducherry                  | 2500                        | 0                           |
| Total                       | Total                       | 1650000                     | 1017713                     |