Lok Sabha Question No. 3386 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-06
Subject: Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: ANSHUL VERMA

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

LOK  SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3386

TO BE ANSWERED ON 6 TH  DECEMBER, 2016

## DAIRY ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT SCHEME

## 3386. SHRI ANSHUL VERMA:

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

- (a)  the objectives and salient features of the Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme (DEDS);
- (b)  the number of beneficiaries of the scheme, State-wise;
- (c)    whether  the  scheme  has  been  effective  in  increasing  milk  production  and  alleviating  poverty  in  the  rural areas of the country;
- (d)  if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)  the amount sanctioned by the Government for DEDS during last three years and the current year, Statewise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE (SHRI SUDARSHAN BHAGAT)

- (a) The  objectives  and  salient  features  of  the  Dairy  Entrepreneurship  Development  Scheme  (DEDS)  is  as under:
- i) To generate self-employment and provide infrastructure for dairy sector;
- ii) To set up modern dairy farms and infrastructure for production of clean milk;
- iii) To encourage heifer calf rearing for conservation and development of good breeding stock;
- iv) To bring structural changes in the unorganized sector, so that initial processing of milk can be taken up at the village level;
- v) To upgrade traditional technology to handle milk on a commercial scale, and
- vi) To provide value addition to milk through processing and production of milk products.

The  scheme  covers  activities  such  as  enhancement  of  milk  production,  procurement,  preservation, transportation, processing and marketing of milk and provides for back ended capital subsidy @ 25% of the project cost to the  General Category (@  33.33%  of  the project cost to SC/ST  category) farmers/beneficiaries for bankable projects through NABARD subject to norms of the scheme.

- (b) The number of dairy units established/ beneficiaries assisted under DEDS is given at Annexure.
- (c) and (d) Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries has conducted evaluation and impact study  of  DEDS  through  National  Productivity  Council  (NPC),  New  Delhi  during  2014.  NPC  in  its Evaluation and Impact Study report has stated, amongst others, that
- i. There  has  been  increase  of  around  123  percent  in  overall  average  milk  production  per beneficiary entrepreneur.
- ii. More than 2.0 lakh persons have got additional employment.
- (e) The  funds  are  not  sanctioned  /  released  to  State  directly  under  DEDS.  The  fund    released    by  the Department to  NABARD  under DEDS  during last three years and the current year are as under:

( Rs in Crore)

| Year          |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |
|---------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Fund Released |     284.3 |    154.59 |       117 |       240 |

## State wise details of dairy units established/ beneficiaries benefited under Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme.

| S.No   | State                | No. of Dairy Units/ Beneficiaries assisted (Cumulative, as on 31.10.2016)   |
|--------|----------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1      | Andaman and Nicobar  | 29                                                                          |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh       | 66129                                                                       |
| 3      | Bihar                | 11013                                                                       |
| 4      | Chhattisgarh         | 1474                                                                        |
| 5      | Delhi                | 0                                                                           |
| 6      | Goa                  | 7                                                                           |
| 7      | Gujarat              | 23289                                                                       |
| 8      | Haryana              | 4856                                                                        |
| 9      | Himachal Pradesh     | 6243                                                                        |
| 10     | Jammu & Kashmir      | 7115                                                                        |
| 11     | Jharkhand            | 130                                                                         |
| 12     | Karnataka            | 13872                                                                       |
| 13     | Kerala               | 10120                                                                       |
| 14     | Madhya Pradesh       | 3421                                                                        |
| 15     | Maharashtra          | 15631                                                                       |
| 16     | Odisha               | 5174                                                                        |
| 17     | Punjab               | 5119                                                                        |
| 18     | Rajasthan            | 9701                                                                        |
| 19     | Tamil Nadu           | 49572                                                                       |
| 20     | Telangana            | 962                                                                         |
| 21     | Uttar Pradesh        | 5012                                                                        |
| 22     | Uttarakhand          | 9517                                                                        |
| 23     | West Bengal          | 1813                                                                        |
|        | Total (A)            | 250199                                                                      |
|        | North Eastern States |                                                                             |
| 1      | Arunachal Pradesh    | 146                                                                         |
| 2      | Assam                | 8111                                                                        |
| 3      | Manipur              | 101                                                                         |
| 4      | Meghalaya            | 56                                                                          |
| 5      | Mizoram              | 415                                                                         |
| 6      | Nagaland             | 456                                                                         |
| 7      | Sikkim               | 651                                                                         |
| 8      | Tripura              | 793                                                                         |
|        | Total (B)            | 10729                                                                       |
|        | G.Total (Total A+B)  | 260928                                                                      |