Lok Sabha Question No. 4069 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-20
Subject: Production and Supply of Milk
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: LAKHAN LAL SAHU

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4069 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20 TH  MARCH, 2018

## PRODUCTION AND SUPPLY OF MILK

## 4069. SHRI LAKHAN LAL SAHU:

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

- (a) whether the Government has made any assessment with regard to the State-wise demand, production and supply of milk, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  received  any  suggestions/proposals  from  the  State  Governments  for strengthening milk cooperatives in the country;
- (c) if so, the reaction of the Government thereto; and
- (d) the details of the steps taken by the Government to promote dairy farming in the country?

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## ANSWER (SHRIMATI  KRISHNA RAJ)

- (a) As  per  NDDB,  the  annual  demand  for  milk  by  2022  would  be  210-220  million  metric  tonnes.  Milk production in the country during 2016-17 was165.40 million metric tonnes.State-wise milk production during for 2016-17 is given in the Annexure. State-wise demand and supply of milk is not available in this Department. The milk produced in the country is almost entirely consumed domestically therefore demand of milk is by and large equal to the production.
- (b)&(c)  This  department  is  implementing  following  Dairy  Development  schemes  for  strengthening  milk cooperatives in the country:
- i) National Dairy Plan- Phase-I (NDP-I)
- ii) National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD)
- iii) Dairy Processing Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF)

Under NDP-I 468 sub-projects in  18  States are  approved  with  total  outlay  of  Rs.  1719.70  Crores  till February 2018. Under NPDD programme 66 projects in 24 states are approved with total outlay of Rs. 626.697  lakh  till  February  2018.  The  scheme  Dairy  processing  and  Infrastructure  Development  Fund (DIDF) has been launched in 2017-18 with a total outlay of Rs. 10881 crore comprising of a corpus of Rs. 8004 crore raised through NABARD for creation of Dairy Processing Infrastructure during 2017-18 to 2019-20. Under DIDF, eligible End borrower (milk unions) will get loan at subsidized rate of 6.5% per annum.

- (d) This  Department  is  also    implementing  Dairy  Entrepreneurship  Development  Scheme  (DEDS)  from 01.09.2010 with an objective of creating self employment opportunities in the dairy sector including dairy farming  by providing back ended capital subsidy for bankable projects through NABARD. So far. Rs 1308.61 crore has been disbursed as back ended capital subsidy benefitting 3,24,853 dairy units.

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## STATE-WISE MILK PRODUCTION DURING 2016-17

| STATE             | Milk Production ('000 MT)   |
|-------------------|-----------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    | 12178                       |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 53                          |
| Assam             | 861                         |
| Bihar             | 8711                        |
| Chhattisgarh      | 1374                        |
| Goa               | 51                          |
| Gujarat           | 12784                       |
| Haryana           |                             |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 8975 1329                   |
| Jammu & Kashmir   | 2376                        |
| Jharkhand         | 1894                        |
| Karnataka         | 6562                        |
| Kerala            | 2520                        |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 13445                       |
| Maharashtra       | 10402                       |
| Manipur           | 79                          |
| Meghalaya         | 84                          |
| Mizoram           | 24                          |
| Nagaland          | 79                          |
| Orissa            | 2003                        |
| Punjab            | 11282                       |
| Rajasthan         | 20850                       |
| Sikkim            | 54                          |
| Tamil Nadu        | 7556                        |
| Telangana         | 4681                        |
| Tripura           | 160                         |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 27770                       |
| Uttarakhand       | 1692                        |
| West Bengal       | 5183                        |
| A&N Islands       | 16                          |
| Chandigarh        | 36                          |
| D.& N. Haveli     | 8                           |
| Daman & Diu       | 1                           |
| Delhi             | 279                         |
| Lakshadweep       | 3                           |
| Puducherry        | 48                          |
| All India         | 165404                      |

Source: State/UT Animal Husbandry Departments; AHS Unit- Dept. of AHDF