Lok Sabha Question No. 2429 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-03
Subject: Improvement of Dairy Sector
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Faizal P.P. Mohammed

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2429 TO BE ANSWERED ON 3 RD  DECEMBER 2019

## IMPROVEMENT OF DAIRY SECTOR

2429. SHRI MOHAMMED FAIZAL P. P.:

Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING मत्स्यपालन , पशुपालन और डेयरी मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- a) whether the Government has planned to improve the dairy sector;
- b) if so, the details thereof;
- c) whether a drastic change in dairy farming can increase the income of farmers;
- d) if so, the details of the efforts taken to do so;
- e) whether new plans are being introduced to improve dairy farming in the Union Territories specially in Lakshadweep; and
- f) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) In  order  to  complement  and  supplement the efforts  made by the States and Union Territories to improve dairy sector Government of India is implementing following schemes:
- (i) Rashtriya  Gokul Mission
- (ii) National Programme for Dairy Development
- (iii) Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme
- (iv) Dairy Infrastructure Development Fund
- (v) National Dairy Plan-I
- (c) & (d) Dairying plays crucial role in socio economic development of rural households in the country. As per 19 th Livestock Census 104.52 million rural household are engaged in dairy farming with very high proportion being small and marginal farmers and landless. As per National Account Statistics 2019, the value of output of milk in 2017-18 is Rs 7.015 lakh crore surpassing total value of output from food grains. In order to complement and supplement the efforts made by the States and  Union  Territories  to  bring  change  in  dairy  farming  Government  of  India  is  implementing Rashtriya  Gokul  Mission  for  enhancing  milk  production  and  productivity  of  bovines  thereby making milk production more remunerative to the rural farmers. It is true that Dairy has a  great potential to change the income of farmers. At present it is growing at a CAGR of over 6.4% per year  despite  meagre  public  investments.  The  Government  has  started  a  new  scheme  Dairy Infrastructure Development Fund to help modernise and augment cooperative dairies.
- (e) &(f) As per 20 th Livestock (provisional) Lakshadweep has 2471 cattle and buffaloes and out of this UT has 824 adult cows and 6 adult buffaloes.  Following new plans are being introduced to improve dairy farming in all the States and Union Territories.

(i) In  order  to  enhance  Artificial  Insemination  Coverage  Government  of  India  launched Nationwide AI Programme on 11 th September 2019 for implementation in 600 districts with less than  50%  Artificial  Insemination  coverage    covering  100  villages  per  district  200  animals  per village under Rashtriya Gokul Mission. During the programme from 15 th September to 15 th March 2019 about 1.2 crore animals will be covered, so far 3.55 lakh Artificial inseminations have been performed.

(ii) In  order  to  improve  quality  of  milk,  Department  of  Animal  Husbandry  and  Dairying  has approved Quality Milk Programme under National Programme for Dairy Development in July 2019 with total outlay of Rs 271.64 crore.

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