Lok Sabha Question No. 602 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-25
Subject: Increasing Farmer Income through Dairying
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Pritam Gopinath Munde, Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Shrirang Appa Barne

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.602 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 th JUNE, 2019

## INCREASING FARMER INCOME THROUGH DAIRYING

602.  DR. PRITAM GOPINATHRAO MUNDE: DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE: SHRI SRIRANGA APPA BARNE:

## Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING मात्स्यिकी , पशुपालन और डेिरी मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the Government is facing challenges in increasing farmers' earnings;
- (b)  if so, whether dairy farming will play an important role in raising farm income;
- (c)  if so, whether there is a need to create level playing field between cooperatives and private sector;
- (d)  if so, the details thereof;
- (e)  whether the private sector has created more capacity than cooperative sector, if so, the facts thereof; and
- (f) whether the private sector has been hindered by the subsidies extended to cooperatives and if so, the steps taken by the Government to address the concerns of the private sector and to boost the farm income?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

(DR. SANJEEV KUMAR BALYAN)

- (a)       Yes sir.
- (b) Yes Sir, Dairy farming contributes about 3% to the National GDP and is the mainstay of 6.4 crore rural families aid and value of dairy output is growing at a CAGR of 13.4% in the last 5 years. It is playing an important role in increasing dairy farmers' income.

(c) &(d)  Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of India is implementing a scheme titled Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana under which private dairy sector is supported for creation  of  infrastructure  for  cold  chain,  processing  and  preservation  of  milk  and  milk  products along with cooperative sector. As regards Cooperative Dairy Sector, this Department supplements the efforts of various State Governments by implementing following Dairy Development Schemes for creation and strengthening of dairy infrastructure aiming at boosting up growth and increasing milk production:

- i. National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD)
- ii. Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF)
- iii. National Dairy Plan-I (NDP-I)
- iv. Supporting  Dairy  Cooperatives  and  Farmers  Producer  Organizations  engaged  in Dairy Activities (SDC&FPO)

(e)     Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has data on registration and licensing on dairy plant capacity in dairy sector, but it is not desegregated into private and cooperative sector. As per National Dairy Development Board, Annual Report 2017-18, the milk processing capacity with cooperative dairy sector is 729.19 Lakh Liter Per Day, hence after taking detailed data from FSSAI and de-duplication, private sector data will be provided.

(f)          Private  dairy  sector  has  been  supported  under  schemes  of  Ministry  of  Food  Processing Industries, Government of India as mentioned at part (c) & (d) above. Additionally, Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Government of India has been implementing Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme with objective of providing self-employment opportunities and promoting entrepreneurship in dairy sector especially  in rural  areas.  As regards Cooperative Dairy  Sector,  this  Department  also  supplements  the  efforts  of  various  State  Governments  by implementing Dairy Development Schemes for creation and strengthening of dairy infrastructure aiming at boosting up growth and increasing milk production. Broadly the coverage of organized private  sector  in  the  country  is  10.2%,  while  the  organized  cooperative  sector  is  10.3  %  of  total milk production. The rapid growth of private sector capacity in the last decade shows that the sector is prospering in dairy sector, and its imprint is more clear in value added products.

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