Lok Sabha Question No. 1164 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-18
Subject: UN Report on India’s Milk and Wheat Production
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN, KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH, VIJAY KUMAR S.R., S. RAJENDRAN, T. RADHAKRISHNAN, SUDHEER GUPTA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1164 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 TH  DECEMBER, 2018

## UN REPORT ON INDIA'S MILK AND WHEAT PRODUCTION

## 1164.   SHRI ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN:

KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH:

SHRI S.R. VIJAYAKUMAR:

SHRI S. RAJENDRAN:

SHRI T. RADHAKRISHNAN:

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

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

- (a) whether as per the report by UN and OECD, India will be the World's largest milk producer and will have the biggest increase in wheat production by 2026;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with other aspects mentioned in the report;
- (c)  the  details  of  the  total  investment  likely  to  be  made  for  strengthening  dairy  infrastructure  in  the country during the said period;
- (d)  whether the Government has submitted a proposal for availing loan from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for creating or strengthening dairy infrastructure across the country;
- (e) if so, the details thereof and the response of the JICA in this regard; and
- (f) whether the Government has plans to modify/expand old milk and milk production plants created 20-30  years  ago  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  in  this direction?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE (SHRIMATI KRISHNA RAJ)

- (a) & (b) India is world's largest milk producers since 1998. As per OECD-FAO Agriculture outlook 2017-2026 , ' in 2026, India will be world's largest milk producer, with an output one third above that of the second largest producer, the European Union'. It also mention that 'Over the course  of the outlook period, the production of processed dairy products is expected to grow between 1.4%

p.a for cheese and 2.3 % p.a for skim milk powder (SMP), while the bulk of production of SMP and cheese will occur in developed countries, India will remain the top producers of butter. Given its large and expanding domestic market, however, India will not become an important player on the export market.'

As regards  the  increase  in  wheat  production  is  concerned,  the  OECD-FAO  Agriculture  outlook 2017-2026 mention that , 'Global production of wheat is projected to increase by 11% over the outlook  period,  while  wheat  area  increases  by  only  1.8%.  The  increase  in  wheat  production  is therefore  expected  to  occur  through  higher  yield,  most  notably  in  Asia  and  Pacific,  which  will account for 46% of additional wheat production. Within the region and globally, India(15 Mt) will account  for  biggest  increase  in  production,  and  Pakistan  (  6  Mt)  and  China  (5.5  Mt)  are  also expected  to have significant gains'.[Mt : million Tonnes]

- (c) to (f)  As per  The National Action Plan for 2023-24 the projected  need for dairy infrastructure investment    in  dairy  sector    is  to  the  tune  of  Rs.1,27,455  crore,  with  Rs.  51,077  crore  for cooperative and Rs.76,378 crore for private sector.

This  Department  is  implementing  a  scheme  namely  'Dairy  Infrastructure  and  Processing Development Fund' (DIDF) with investment of Rs.10881 crore is to be made during 2017-18 to 2019-20 mainly to modify/expand old milk and milk production plants. This Department is also formulating a scheme namely 'Dairying through Cooperatives' for availing loan from Japan. An  initial  agreement  in  this  regard  has  been  signed  with  Japan  International  Cooperation Agency (JICA). Besides above schemes, this Department is implementing following schemes for strengthening of dairy infrastructure in the country:

- i) National programme for Dairy Development (NPDD) (2014-15 to 2019-20)
2. ii) Dairy Entrepreneurship Development scheme (DEDS) (2010-11 to 2019-20)
3. iii) National Dairy Plan (NDP-I) (2011-12 to 2018-19)

The budgeted investment for three schemes mentioned above during 2018-19 is Rs. 927.91 crore and proposed budget for 2019-20 is Rs 843.28 crore.

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