Lok Sabha Question No. 3638 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-08
Subject: Condition of Cooperative Milk Federation
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: BHARATI DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL, SUBHASH PATEL

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3638 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 TH  AUGUST, 2017

## CONDITION OF COOPERATIVE MILK FEDERATION

3638.   DR. BHARATIBEN D. SHYAL: SHRI SUBHASH PATEL:

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

- (a) whether the condition of cooperative milk federations is very miserable in the country;
- (b) if so, the details in this regard, State-wise; and
- (c) the schemes being prepared/ sanctioned by the Government to improve the condition of these milk federations?

## A N S W E R

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

(a) and (b) No Madam. NDDB has informed that as per annual accounts/ financial information received from 164 Cooperative Milk Unions/Federation for the year 2015-16, 94 had accumulated profit and the remaining 70 had accumulated loss as on 31.03.2016. State-wise status of number of Milk Unions/Federations having accumulated profit/loss of Milk Unions/ Federation for the year 2015-16 is given at Annexure.

- (c) The  Department  of  Animal  Husbandry,  Dairying  &  Fisheries  is  implementing  following  dairy development schemes across the country to improve the condition of milk cooperatives:
- i. National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD)
- ii. National Dairy Plan Phase -I (NDP-I)

State-wise status of number of Milk Unions/Federations having accumulated profit/loss of the Milk Unions/ Federations for the year 2015-16.

|                                                              | 2015-16                      | 2015-16                    |
|--------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------|
| State                                                        | Accumulated net profit (Nos) | Accumulated net loss (Nos) |
| Andhra Pradesh                                               | 3                            | 0                          |
| Assam                                                        | 0                            | 1                          |
| Bihar                                                        | 5                            | 4                          |
| Chhattisgarh                                                 | 1                            | 0                          |
| Goa                                                          | 1                            | 0                          |
| Gujarat                                                      | 16                           | 0                          |
| Haryana                                                      | 5                            | 1                          |
| Jharkhand                                                    | 1                            | 0                          |
| Karnataka                                                    | 14                           | 0                          |
| Kerala                                                       | 3                            | 0                          |
| Madhya Pradesh                                               | 3                            | 3                          |
| Maharashtra                                                  | 13                           | 8                          |
| Mizoram                                                      | 1                            | 0                          |
| Nagaland                                                     | 1                            | 0                          |
| Odisha                                                       | 3                            | 4                          |
| Pondicherry                                                  | 0                            | 1                          |
| Punjab                                                       | 7                            | 5                          |
| Rajasthan                                                    | 8                            | 7                          |
| Sikkim                                                       | 1                            | 0                          |
| Tripura                                                      | 1                            | 0                          |
| Tamil Nadu                                                   | 3                            | 13                         |
| Telangana                                                    | 1                            | 0                          |
| Uttar Pradesh*                                               | 0                            | 20                         |
| Uttrakhand                                                   | 0                            | 2                          |
| West Bengal                                                  | 3                            | 1                          |
| Sub-total                                                    | 94                           | 70                         |
| Total Unions/ Federations for which information is available | 164                          | 164                        |
| %of Unions/ Federations in accumulated profit                | 43%                          | 43%                        |