Lok Sabha Question No. 284 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-04
Subject: Modernization of Poultry
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Upendra Singh Rawat, Kaushal Kishore

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FISHERIES ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 284

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04/02/2020

## 284: SHRI UPENDRA SINGH RAWAT: SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE:

Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING मत्स्यपालन , पशुपालन और डेयरी मंत्री be pleased to state:-

- (a) Whether any steps have been taken by the Government to encourage modernization of India Poultry;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether any steps have been taken by the Government to fight against poultry disease outbreaks and diagnosis, waste management and adoption of new renewable energy;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) if not, the reasons therefore?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Poultry  sector  in  India  is  divided  into  organized  and  unorganized  sector.  The  commercial  poultry sector  is  organized  and  80%  of  market  share  is  captured  by    commercial  sector.  The  organized commercial is already modernized and technically improvised.

However, Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India, is implementing Poultry  Venture  Capital  Fund  (PVCF)  under  'Entrepreneurship  development  and  Employment generation'  (EDEG)  of  National  Livestock  Mission.  It  is  a  bankable  programme  and  the  Central Government is providing subsidy through National Bank  for  Agricultural  and  Rural  Development (NABARD) for those beneficiaries taking loan for PVCF.

- (b) The details of Poultry Venture Capital fund (PVCF) is Annexed .

(c)  &  (d)  Department  of  Animal  Husbandry  and  Dairying,  Government  of  India,  is  implementing different programmes under National Livestock Mission under which financial assistance is provided to States/ Union Territories Governments for implementation of Rural Backyard Poultry Development (RBPD)  and  Innovative  Poultry  Productivity  Project  (IPPP).  These  programmes  envisage  the components  which  take  care  of  the  shelter,  feed,  medicine,  Equipments,  Litter  etc  to  improve  the living conditions of the Poultry birds. Further, the  Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying is implementing  a  scheme  namely  'Assistance  to  States  for  control  of  Animal  Diseases'  (ASCAD) under 'Livestock Health and Disease Control'  (LH&DC)  which  covers  the vaccination of economically important poultry diseases viz., Ranikhet Disease, Infectious Bursal Disease, Fowl Pox etc.,  including  control  and  containment  of  emergent  and  exotic  diseases  like  Avian  Influenza. Department has developed Action plan for Preparedness, Control and Containment of Avian Influenza which was formulated in 2005 and revised in 2006, 2012 and 2015.

Under  the  LH&DC  scheme  financial  assistance  is  provided  to  the  States  for  upgradation  of District Diagnostic Laboratories. In addition, there are six Regional Disease Diagnostic Laboratories for prompt and effective diagnosis of different Livestock and poultry Diseases. A National Institute of High Security  Animal Diseases (NIHSAD),  Bhopal under  Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)  has  been  specially  designated  as  National  Referral  Laboratory  for  diagnosis  of  Avian Influenza which is also financially assisted by the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying for diagnosis of Avian Influenza.

As regards to waste management, the ICAR -Central Avian Research Institute (CARI), Izatnagar, Bareilly  has  developed  two  pilot  scale  technologies  for  waste  management  and  adoption  of  new renewable energy:

- I. Dilution,  Acidification  and  Carbonization  (DAC)  technology  used for  all  weather biogas generation exclusively from poultry excreta and further utilization of it is used as manure in agriculture. The signifying point of this technology is that only poultry excreta are  required  for  biogas  production.  Used  slurry  has  good  manure  value  and  germination potential (>90%), hence can be easily applied in agricultural fields without burning effect on plants which is a common problem with crude poultry excreta. The overall impact of this technology is to alleviate environmental pollution, economize poultry production and generate additional income at poultry establishments.
- II. Aerobic composting of poultry wastes (litter,  excreta,  hatchery  waste,  slaughter  waste, mortalities  etc.)  has  been  standardized  using  various  poultry  wastes  and  carbonaceous material  (tree  leaves,  grasses  and  other  plant  wastes)  for  conversion  into  manure  for utilization in organic crop farming as an alternative to chemical fertilizers.

These  two  technologies  reduce  pollutants,  bad  odour  and  flies  from  poultry  establishments.  ln addition,  preparation  of  vermi-compost  from  poultry  litter  waste  (cage  litter)  is  also  being  practiced  at ICAR institutes.

As regards to adoption of new renewable energy, Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying is not implementing any such scheme.

(e) Does not arise.

## Objectives of Poultry Venture Capital fund (PVCF):

- i. To  encourage  entrepreneurship  in  various  poultry  activities  and  provide  capacity  building  for employment opportunities.
- ii. To improve production of poultry products and productivity of processing units through technology up gradation and also encourage introduction of innovative technology.
- iii. To encourage rearing  of  other  poultry  species  like  quails,  ducks  and  turkeys  etc.  which  have  good potential.

## PVCF  has 13 activities and for which Indicative subsidy ceilings under the component of 'Entrepreneurship Development and Employment Generation' (EDEG) are as follows:

| Sub-component - Poultry Venture Capital Fund (PVCF)-EDEG   | Sub-component - Poultry Venture Capital Fund (PVCF)-EDEG                                                                                                                         | Sub-component - Poultry Venture Capital Fund (PVCF)-EDEG                                                                                |
|------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.N.                                                       | Component                                                                                                                                                                        | Ceiling of Subsidy                                                                                                                      |
| i                                                          | Breeding Farms for Birds of alternate species like turkey, ducks, Japanese quails, guinea fowl and geese                                                                         | At 25% level subsidy- subsidy ceiling Rs. 7.50 lakh varies depending on the species and unit size.                                      |
| ii                                                         | Central Grower Units (CGU) - upto 16000 layer chicks per batch.                                                                                                                  | At 25% level subsidy- subsidy ceiling Rs. 10 lakh for a unit of 16000 layer chicks per batch (three batches a year) - Varies with size. |
| iii                                                        | Hybrid Layer (chicken) Units - upto 20000 layers                                                                                                                                 | At 25% level subsidy- subsidy ceiling Rs. 2 lakh for 2000 layer unit - Varies with the size.                                            |
| iv                                                         | Hybrid Broiler (chicken) Units - upto 20000 birds. Can be weekly, fortnightly, monthly, all-in all-out batches. Bird strength at any point of time should not exceed 20000 birds | At 25% level subsidy- subsidy ceiling Rs. 0.56 lakh for a batch of 1000 broilers - Varies with unit size                                |
| v                                                          | Rearing of Poultry like low-input technology variety of chicken and other alternative species like turkey, ducks, Japanese quails, guinea fowl and geese.                        | At 25% level subsidy- subsidy ceiling Rs. 5 lakh Varies with the species and unit size                                                  |
| vi                                                         | Feed Mixing units (FMU) - 1.0 ton per hour Disease Investigation Lab (DIL)                                                                                                       | At 25% level subsidy- subsidy ceiling Rs. 4 lakh                                                                                        |
| vii                                                        | Transport Vehicles - open cage                                                                                                                                                   | At 25% level subsidy- subsidy ceiling Rs. 2 lakh                                                                                        |
| viii                                                       | Transport Vehicles - Refrigerated                                                                                                                                                | At 25% level subsidy- subsidy ceiling Rs. 3.75 lakh                                                                                     |
| ix                                                         | Retail outlets - Dressing units                                                                                                                                                  | At 25% level subsidy- subsidy ceiling Rs. 2.50 lakh                                                                                     |
| x                                                          | Retail outlets - marketing units                                                                                                                                                 | At 25% level subsidy- subsidy ceiling Rs. 3.75 lakh                                                                                     |
| xi                                                         | Mobile marketing units                                                                                                                                                           | At 25% level subsidy- subsidy ceiling Rs. 2.5 lakh                                                                                      |
| xii                                                        | Cold storage for poultry products                                                                                                                                                | At 25% level subsidy- subsidy ceiling Rs. 5 lakh                                                                                        |
| xiii                                                       | Egg / Broiler Carts                                                                                                                                                              | At 25% level subsidy- subsidy ceiling Rs. 3750/-                                                                                        |

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 284 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04/02/2020 BY SHRISHRI UPENDRA SINGH RAWAT SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE