Lok Sabha Question No. 3232 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-01
Subject: Loans for Small Dairy Units
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: DEVJI MANSINGRAM PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, DAIRYING AND FISHERIES LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3232 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.01.2019

## LOANS FOR SMALL DAIRY UNITS

## 3232.  SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

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

- a) whether the Government provides loans upto Rs. 6 lakh for setting up small dairy units across the country including Rajasthan;
- b) if so, the details of the total number of farmers provided loans for setting up small dairy units during the last three years, State-wise;
- c) whether  the  said  loan  amount  is  very  meagre  for  setting  up  a  modern  dairy  unit  and  if  so, whether the Government is considering to increase this amount;
- d) whether banks do not show much interest in giving away small and micro loans and if so, the details of the action likely to be taken by the Government against such banks refusing loans to farmers; and
- e) whether the Government proposes to  give loans  at  zero  per  cent  rate  of  interest  to  meet  the demand of animal husbandry sector and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## (SHRIMATI KRISHNA RAJ)

- (a) Yes Madam. Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries (DADF), Government of India provides back-ended capital subsidy upto 25% of the project cost for General  Category  (33.33%  for  SC/  ST)  beneficiaries  for,  amongst  others,  setting  up  of  a small dairy unit with a unit cost of Rs. 7.00 lakh under Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme (DEDS) across the country, including Rajasthan.
- (b) State-wise  details  of  number  of  farmers  benefitted  during  the  last  three  years  is  given  at Annexure-I .
- (c) During  the  year  2017-18  the  eligible  total  financial  outlay  for  availing  subsidy  under  the component of establishment of small dairy units was Rs.6.00 lakh for 10 animal unit, which has been increased by DADF to Rs.7.00 lakh during the year 2018-19.
- (d) National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has informed that banks are showing interest in providing loans under DEDS which can be seen from the fact that as on  30 th November  2018,  a  cumulative  number  of  3.43  lakh  beneficiaries  have  availed subsidy under the scheme.
- (e) There is no such proposal.

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Annexure Annexure referred to in reply to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3232 for answer on 01.01.2019 State-wise details of number of farmers benefitted under Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme

(Rs. in lakh)

|          |                      | 2015-16     | 2015-16                  | 2016-17     | 2016-17                  | 2017-18     | 2017-18                  |
|----------|----------------------|-------------|--------------------------|-------------|--------------------------|-------------|--------------------------|
| S. No.   | State                | Dairy Units | Subsidy Amount Disbursed | Dairy Units | Subsidy Amount Disbursed | Dairy Units | Subsidy Amount Disbursed |
| 1        | Andaman and Nicobar  | 8           | 4.54                     | 16          | 2.48                     | 23          | 3.50                     |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh       | 2607        | 989.83                   | 4121        | 1582.12                  | 11534       | 4575.96                  |
| 3        | Bihar                | 0           | 0.00                     | 1326        | 643.94                   | 1248        | 487.63                   |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh         | 463         | 342.76                   | 178         | 186.22                   | 114         | 44.87                    |
| 5        | Delhi                | 0           | 0.00                     | 0           | 0.00                     | 0           | 0.00                     |
| 6        | Goa                  | 0           | 0.00                     | 0           | 0.00                     | 0           | 0.00                     |
| 7        | Gujarat              | 743         | 504.61                   | 2664        | 1973.73                  | 5924        | 3080.62                  |
| 8        | Haryana              | 187         | 145.95                   | 294         | 150.55                   | 308         | 244.75                   |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh     | 374         | 286.19                   | 234         | 198.02                   | 637         | 649.63                   |
| 10       | Jammu &Kashmir       | 320         | 144.86                   | 365         | 211.21                   | 723         | 448.77                   |
| 11       | Jharkhand            | 0           | 0.00                     | 15          | 14.29                    | 139         | 101.11                   |
| 12       | Karnataka            | 439         | 224.58                   | 964         | 423.79                   | 2067        | 1093.59                  |
| 13       | Kerala               | 88          | 46.05                    | 839         | 442.08                   | 2155        | 1152.03                  |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh       | 21          | 37.54                    | 505         | 494.17                   | 1479        | 814.90                   |
| 15       | Maharashtra          | 4532        | 2342.17                  | 431         | 385.07                   | 6056        | 3125.96                  |
| 16       | Orissa               | 175         | 51.33                    | 192         | 92.89                    | 970         | 383.61                   |
| 17       | Punjab               | 674         | 482.46                   | 756         | 559.58                   | 1670        | 1094.70                  |
| 18       | Rajasthan            | 43          | 47.41                    | 92          | 74.72                    | 4378        | 2188.76                  |
| 19       | Tamil Nadu           | 2385        | 435.77                   | 4098        | 904.42                   | 7877        | 1727.78                  |
| 20       | Telangana            | 914         | 305.51                   | 265         | 125.55                   | 4962        | 2438.35                  |
| 21       | Uttar Pradesh        | 975         | 555.51                   | 996         | 588.15                   | 3442        | 1796.15                  |
| 22       | Uttarakhand          | 1349        | 617.46                   | 1161        | 560.17                   | 2183        | 1110.20                  |
| 23       | West Bengal          | 1           | 0.67                     | 229         | 139.14                   | 293         | 176.32                   |
|          | Total (A)            | 16298       | 7565.18                  | 19741       | 9752.25                  | 58182       | 26739.18                 |
|          | N E States           |             |                          |             |                          |             |                          |
| 1        | Arunachal Pradesh    | 59          | 113.90                   | 58          | 101.20                   | 71          | 138.20                   |
| 2        | Assam                | 1350        | 1051.12                  | 1522        | 1199.32                  | 1324        | 1126.08                  |
| 3        | Manipur              | 29          | 20.23                    | 43          | 36.27                    | 115         | 46.12                    |
| 4        | Meghalaya            | 4           | 1.50                     | 8           | 3.60                     | 18          | 10.60                    |
| 5        | Mizoram              | 22          | 17.10                    | 32          | 33.60                    | 182         | 106.23                   |
| 6        | Nagaland             | 63          | 29.26                    | 499         | 217.40                   | 334         | 149.80                   |
| 7        | Sikkim               | 66          | 50.06                    | 472         | 267.54                   | 416         | 266.59                   |
| 8        | Tripura              | 286         | 127.83                   | 151         | 76.23                    | 433         | 290.91                   |
|          | Total (B)            | 1879        | 1411.01                  | 2785        | 1935.16                  | 2893        | 2134.53                  |
|          | Union Territory (UT) |             |                          |             |                          |             |                          |
|          | Daman and Diu        |             |                          |             |                          | 1           | 1.50                     |
| G. Total | (A+B+UT)             | 18177       | 8976.20                  | 22526       | 11687.41                 | 61076       | 28875.21                 |