Lok Sabha Question No. 3302 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-16
Subject: Welfare of Dairy Farmers
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Vijay Baghel, Arun Sao

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION No. 3302 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 th  MARCH 2021

## WELFARE OF DAIRY FARMERS

## 3302.   SHRI VIJAY BAGHEL: SHRI ARUN SAO:

## Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMALHUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government is implementing any scheme to provide special plan/package for welfare of milk farmers in the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) the funds allocated and released by the Government for various plans during each of the last three years and the current year with particular reference to Chhattisgarh, State-wise/Plan-wise;

(d) whether the Government has received any proposal from the State Government of Chhattisgarh regarding welfare of dairy farmers during the last three years; and

(e) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING (DR. SANJEEV KUMAR BALYAN)

(a) to (c) In order to compliment and supplement the efforts made by the States and Union territories  to  assist  Dairy  Sector  including  dairy  farmers  Department  of Animal Husbandry and Dairying has been implementing following schemes: (i) Rashtriya Gokul Mission (RGM) for  enhancing  milk  production  and  productivity  of  bovines;  (ii) National  Programme  for Dairy Development (NPDD) for creating and strengthening of infrastructure for Procurement, Processing and Marketing of Milk & Milk Products; (iii) National Dairy Plan Phase I  the scheme has been discontinued from November 2019; (iv) Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development  Fund  (DIDF)  focuses  on  creation/  modernisation/  expansion  of  processing infrastructure and manufacturing facilities for Value Added Products; (v) Supporting Dairy Cooperatives and Farmers Producer Organizations engaged in dairy activities for providing soft  loans  for  working  capital  to  enable  State  Dairy  Cooperative  Federations  to  provide  a stable  market  access  to  farmers  and  (vi)  Dairy  Entrepreneurship  Development  Scheme implemented through National Bank for Agriculture  and Rural Development (NABARD) for creation of entrepreneurship among dairy farmers. Details of the   funds released during each of  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year  under  above  mentioned  schemes  is  given  at Annexure I to IV.

(d) & (e) Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying has not received any proposal from the State Government of Chhattisgarh regarding welfare of dairy farmers during the last three years.  However,  funds  have  been  released  to  the  State  of  Chhattisgarh  under  dairy development  schemes  being  implemented  by  Department  of  Animal  Husbandry and Dairying.

Annexure I The details of state-wise and year-wise fund released under Rashtriya Gokul Mission during the last three years

and current year

| SN                                                             | State/UTs                                                      | 2017-18                                                        | 2018-19                                                        | 2019-20                                                        | 2020-21 (till 28 th February 2021)                             |
|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1                                                              | Andhra Pradesh                                                 | 437.45                                                         | 1899.81                                                        | 439.74                                                         | 3181.30                                                        |
| 2                                                              | Arunachal Pradesh                                              | 200                                                            | 14.75                                                          | 544.70                                                         | 400.80                                                         |
| 3                                                              | Assam                                                          | 0                                                              | 4896.1                                                         | 0                                                              |                                                                |
| 4                                                              | Bihar                                                          | 4489.95                                                        | 4850.83                                                        | 1230.95                                                        | 7401.08                                                        |
| 5                                                              | Chattisgarh                                                    | 100                                                            | 2640.42                                                        | 1019.78                                                        | 101.25                                                         |
| 6                                                              | Goa                                                            | 0                                                              | 2.84                                                           | 97.72                                                          |                                                                |
| 7                                                              | Gujarat                                                        | 0                                                              | 2080.1                                                         | 942.88                                                         | 101.25                                                         |
| 8                                                              | Haryana                                                        | 317.22                                                         | 2505.14                                                        | 205.44                                                         | 96.39                                                          |
| 9                                                              | Himachal Pradesh                                               | 687                                                            | 1729.46                                                        | 519.42                                                         | 20.25                                                          |
| 10                                                             | Jammu &Kashmir                                                 | 196.75                                                         | 1744.97                                                        | 791.99                                                         | 81.00                                                          |
| 11                                                             | Jharkhand                                                      | 157.73                                                         | 3287.36                                                        | 540.46                                                         | 101.25                                                         |
| 12                                                             | Karnataka                                                      | 857                                                            | 164.38                                                         | 756.47                                                         | 101.25                                                         |
| 13                                                             | Kerala                                                         | 136                                                            | 2662.29                                                        | 301.03                                                         | 313.50                                                         |
| 14                                                             | Madhya Pradesh                                                 | 1618.48                                                        | 2852.32                                                        | 2155.86                                                        | 1890.59                                                        |
| 15                                                             | Maharashtra                                                    | 300                                                            | 3314.57                                                        | 1479.71                                                        | 202.50                                                         |
| 16                                                             | Manipur                                                        | 200                                                            | 547.6                                                          | 730.74                                                         |                                                                |
| 17                                                             | Meghalaya                                                      | 0                                                              | 1025.53                                                        | 0.00                                                           | 1000.00                                                        |
| 18                                                             | Mizoram                                                        | 0                                                              | 201.72                                                         | 0.00                                                           | 100.00                                                         |
| 19                                                             | Nagaland                                                       | 558.29                                                         | 484.75                                                         |                                                                | 185.00                                                         |
| 20                                                             | Orissa                                                         | 0                                                              | 2483.71                                                        | 1090.33                                                        |                                                                |
| 21                                                             | Punjab                                                         | 500                                                            | 902.18                                                         | 2849.33                                                        | 714.13                                                         |
| 22                                                             | Rajasthan                                                      | 1654                                                           | 396.07                                                         | 1386.15                                                        | 405.00                                                         |
| 23                                                             | Sikkim                                                         | 925.91                                                         | 56.07                                                          | 677.98                                                         |                                                                |
| 24                                                             | Tamil Nadu                                                     | 1200.23                                                        | 2613.83                                                        | 536.08                                                         | 2168.37                                                        |
| 25                                                             | Telangana                                                      | 801.45                                                         | 2628.91                                                        | 2522.60                                                        | 202.50                                                         |
| 26                                                             | Tripura                                                        | 0                                                              | 473.45                                                         | 1066.58                                                        |                                                                |
| 27                                                             | Uttar Pradesh                                                  | 2000                                                           | 3171.14                                                        | 3334.94                                                        | 1012.50                                                        |
| 28                                                             | Uttrakhand                                                     | 0                                                              | 5007.18                                                        | 508.77                                                         | 1756.29                                                        |
| 29                                                             | West Bengal                                                    | 1426.29                                                        | 468.92                                                         | 1026.06                                                        | 202.50                                                         |
| 30                                                             | A &NLands                                                      | -                                                              | 309.9                                                          | -                                                              | -                                                              |
| 31                                                             | Chandigarh                                                     | -                                                              | 3.18                                                           | -                                                              | -                                                              |
| 32                                                             | Dadra &Nagar Haveli                                            | -                                                              | 1.38                                                           | -                                                              | -                                                              |
| 33                                                             | Daman &Diu                                                     | -                                                              | 0.12                                                           | -                                                              | -                                                              |
| 34                                                             | Delhi                                                          | -                                                              | -                                                              | -                                                              | -                                                              |
| 35                                                             | Ladakh                                                         | -                                                              |                                                                | -                                                              | 105.00                                                         |
| 36                                                             | Lakshadweep                                                    | -                                                              | 1.02                                                           | -                                                              | -                                                              |
| 37                                                             | Pondicherry                                                    | -                                                              | 0                                                              | -                                                              | -                                                              |
| Research Institutes, central Semen production Station and NDDB | Research Institutes, central Semen production Station and NDDB | Research Institutes, central Semen production Station and NDDB | Research Institutes, central Semen production Station and NDDB | Research Institutes, central Semen production Station and NDDB | Research Institutes, central Semen production Station and NDDB |
| 1                                                              | NDDB                                                           |                                                                | 14258.2                                                        | 0.00                                                           | 3897.51                                                        |
| 2                                                              | ICAR-NBAGR                                                     |                                                                | 890.11                                                         | 218.04                                                         | 1700.00                                                        |
| 3                                                              | CFSP&TI                                                        |                                                                | 3105                                                           | 0.00                                                           |                                                                |
| 4                                                              | DR RP CAU, Bihar                                               |                                                                | 1352                                                           | 0.00                                                           |                                                                |
| 5                                                              | Others                                                         |                                                                | 16.29                                                          | 0.00                                                           |                                                                |
|                                                                | Grand Total                                                    | 18763.75                                                       | 75043.6                                                        | 26973.75                                                       | 27441.21                                                       |

(Rs in Lakh)

State-wise/Year-wise funds released under CSS-National Programme for Dairy Development during last three years and current year (As on 11.03.2021)

## (Rs.in Lakhs)

| S.No.   | Name of the State   |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |
|---------|---------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh      |    621.56 |     70.66 |    878.97 |      0    |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh   |      0    |      0    |    511.19 |      0    |
| 3       | Assam               |      0    |      0    |     85    |      0    |
| 4       | Bihar               |   3566.59 |   3793.47 |   1971.65 |   9264    |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh        |      0    |      0    |    464.88 |    250.95 |
| 6       | Goa                 |    791.5  |      0    |     42.5  |      0    |
| 7       | Gujarat             |   1090.53 |   4325.53 |    573.6  |    446.95 |
| 8       | Haryana             |    651.3  |    161.99 |    616.1  |      0    |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh    |     49.98 |   1262.91 |    655.93 |     30.77 |
| 10      | Jammu &Kashmir      |    100    |   1539.35 |    672.13 |    949.52 |
| 11      | Jharkhand           |      0    |      0    |    410.78 |      0    |
| 12      | Karnataka           |    260    |   1011    |   2018    |   3564    |
| 13      | Kerala              |    543.77 |   2381.24 |   3096.6  |    705.38 |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh      |    358.83 |   2085.27 |   1503.33 |    936    |
| 15      | Maharashtra         |      0    |    184.12 |   1314.88 |   1693.29 |
| 16      | Manipur             |    297.54 |     51.09 |    575.76 |      5.6  |
| 17      | Meghalaya           |    386.59 |    427.77 |    628.1  |     10    |
| 18      | Mizoram             |    310.3  |      0    |    700.45 |     20.38 |
| 19      | Nagaland            |    111.95 |      0    |    349.8  |     16.78 |
| 20      | Odisha              |      0    |    839.71 |    804.88 |      0    |
| 21      | Puducherry          |    240.15 |      0    |     42.5  |      0    |
| 22      | Punjab              |   1089.11 |    368.83 |   1311.75 |    612.5  |
| 23      | Rajasthan           |   1899.84 |   4290.27 |   2439.7  |   1333.98 |
| 24      | Sikkim              |    593.61 |      0    |    394.1  |     48.1  |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu          |   1193.3  |    759.62 |   1314.04 |   3859.76 |
| 26      | Telangana           |    275.85 |      0    |    957.09 |    919.75 |
| 27      | Tripura             |      0    |   1337.14 |      5.6  |      5.59 |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh       |   1231.91 |   2096.03 |    501.64 |      0    |
| 29      | Uttarakhand         |   1179.88 |      0    |   1674.07 |      0    |
| 30      | West Bengal         |    189.9  |      0    |    101.79 |      0    |
|         | Total               |  17034    |  26986    |  26616.8  |  24673.3  |

State wise and Year wise details of Back ended capital subsidy provided under Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme by NABARD

(Rs. in lakh)

| S. No   | State               |   2017-18 | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21*   |
|---------|---------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
| 1       | Andaman and Nicobar |      3.5  | 2         | 0         | 0          |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh      |   4575.96 | 1810.51   | 1496.26   | 641.04     |
| 3       | Bihar               |    331.33 | 311.3     | 182.07    | 280.56     |
| 4       | Chhattisgarh        |      9.42 | 38.81     | 35.26     | 33.83      |
| 5       | Delhi               |      0    | 0         | 0         | 0          |
| 6       | Goa                 |      0    | 0.88      | 0.88      | 5.44       |
| 7       | Gujarat             |   3077.54 | 1890.75   | 2237.24   | 1190.84    |
| 8       | Haryana             |     87.61 | 405.88    | 155.07    | 317.77     |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh    |    441.49 | 266.41    | 242.92    | 122.83     |
| 10      | Jammu &Kashmir      |    213.61 | 622.05    | 371.06    | 841.68     |
| 11      | Jharkhand           |     83.8  | 336.85    | 173.23    | 221.81     |
| 12      | Karnataka           |    995.27 | 1219.51   | 893.22    | 928.41     |
| 13      | Kerala              |    633.67 | 380.98    | 369.99    | 222.17     |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh      |    505.24 | 1032.06   | 625.14    | 839.29     |
| 15      | Maharashtra         |   2312.9  | 1804.84   | 1390.07   | 597.45     |
| 16      | Orissa              |     86.77 | 364.46    | 323.51    | 389.25     |
| 17      | Punjab              |    666.2  | 1149.23   | 1120.29   | 443.04     |
| 18      | Rajasthan           |    586.27 | 2725.94   | 1535.93   | 1367.98    |
| 19      | Tamil Nadu          |   1727.78 | 1042.93   | 1011.23   | 548.51     |
| 20      | Telangana           |   2438.35 | 1005.7    | 948.75    | 498.56     |
| 21      | Uttar Pradesh       |   1328.21 | 4309.8    | 2923.63   | 2333.72    |
| 22      | Uttarkhand          |    853.42 | 709.19    | 388.11    | 318        |
| 23      | West Bengal         |     61.77 | 544.12    | 760.11    | 689.46     |
| 24      | Arunachal Pradesh   |     48.2  | 4         | 96.25     | 46.41      |
| 25      | Assam               |    972.13 | 521.46    | 674.22    | 467.54     |
| 26      | Manipur             |     30.52 | 97.79     | 122.65    | 67         |
| 27      | Meghalaya           |     10.6  | 3.63      | 0         | 19.88      |
| 28      | Mizoram             |    106.23 | 116.95    | 24.11     | 60.34      |
| 29      | Nagaland            |    149.8  | 116.92    | 94.43     | 60.58      |
| 30      | Sikkim              |    223.19 | 25.39     | 32.84     | 104.92     |
| 31      | Tripura             |    264.16 | 109.89    | 74.58     | 103.75     |
| 32      | Chandigarh          |      0    | 0         | 0         | 0.47       |
| 33      | Daman and Diu       |      1.5  | 0         | 0         | 0          |
| 34      | Lakshadweep         |      0    | 0         | 1.86      | 0          |
| 35      | Puducherry          |      0    | 16.46     | 14.16     | 21.43      |
|         | Online              |   6048.76 |           |           |            |
|         | Grand Total         |  28875.2  | 22986.69  | 18319.07  | 13783.94   |

Online  submission  of  claims  started  from  05  September  2017.    State-wise  budget  allocation  also indicated from 2018-19.

The details  of  state-wise  and  year-wise  approved  grant  assistance  and  fund  released  under  NDP  I, during the last three years is provided below:

(Rs. in Crore)

#Negative values during 2019-20 indicate refund of unutilised funds under NDP I.

| State          |   Approved Grant Assistance 2017-18 |   Approved Grant Assistance 2018-19* |   Fund release 2017-18 |   Fund release 2018-19 |   Fund release 2019-20# |
|----------------|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh |                                9.62 |                                22.21 |                   6.96 |                  23.47 |                    1.15 |
| Bihar          |                               14.21 |                                16.09 |                  12.69 |                  18.73 |                    3.46 |
| Chhattisgarh   |                                5.23 |                                 2.85 |                   3.05 |                   3.21 |                   -0.67 |
| Gujarat        |                               46.83 |                                67.83 |                  42.05 |                  77.7  |                   -6.21 |
| Haryana        |                               12.41 |                                 7.28 |                  18.59 |                  10.24 |                    3.64 |
| Jharkhand      |                                0.09 |                                 0    |                   0.64 |                   0.81 |                    0    |
| Karnataka      |                               37.58 |                                27.21 |                  38.65 |                  31.74 |                   -1.27 |
| Kerala         |                                5.59 |                                 8.9  |                   4.31 |                  11.53 |                   -0.6  |
| Madhya Pradesh |                                4.38 |                                 1.12 |                   4.22 |                   1.88 |                   -0.13 |
| Maharashtra    |                               19.23 |                                14.15 |                  16.05 |                  19.58 |                    3.37 |
| Odisha         |                                4.67 |                                 1.23 |                   4.08 |                   0.6  |                    1.64 |
| Punjab         |                               24.69 |                                19.59 |                  18.94 |                  25.14 |                    0.89 |
| Rajasthan      |                               39.3  |                                20.11 |                  36.86 |                  23.67 |                    1.01 |
| Tamil Nadu     |                               27.06 |                                19.95 |                  19.56 |                  30.31 |                   -1.25 |
| Telangana      |                                0.24 |                                 6.04 |                   1.36 |                   5.33 |                    0.1  |
| Uttar Pradesh  |                               29.47 |                                20.32 |                  25.22 |                  26.17 |                   -1.35 |
| Uttarakhand    |                                3.13 |                                 0.85 |                   2.44 |                   2.34 |                    0.2  |
| West Bengal    |                                1.7  |                                15.88 |                   3.53 |                  14.76 |                   -0.99 |

During the year 2020-21, no fund was released under NDP I