Lok Sabha Question No. 4950 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-23
Subject: Initiatives under NDDB
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Unmesh Bhaiyyasaheb Patil

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4950 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23 TH  JULY 2019

## INITIATIVES UNDER NDDB

## 4950. SHRI UNMESH BHAYYASAHEB PATIL:

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

be pleased to state:

- (a)  the details of new initiatives undertaken by the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) for the development of dairy industry;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  has  recently  reviewed  the  functioning  of  the  National  Dairy Development Board and if so, the outcome thereof along with the deficiencies noticed in its functioning, so far;
- (c)  the  corrective  measures  taken/  proposed  to  be  taken  by  the  Government  for  effective functioning of NDDB; and
- (d) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to increase the per capita availability of milk in the country?

## ANSWER

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

- a) National  Dairy  Development  Board  (NDDB)  is  working  for  the  development  of  dairy industryin Dairy Co-operative sector. The major initiative taken by NDDBin various areas are as below:
2. (i) Animal Breeding
3. (ii) Animal Health
4. (iii) Animal Nutrition
5. (iv) Dairy Infrastructure
6. (v) Information Technology in Dairying
7. (vi) Quality Mark for Milk and Cattle Feed
8. (vii) Milk Fortification
9. (viii) NDDB Foundation of Nutrition
10. (ix) Promotion of alternative form of producer owned institutions
11. (x) Intervention in backward areas to uplift lives of milk producers
12. (xi) Management of dairycooperatives
- a) West Assam Milk Producers Cooperative Union Ltd
- b) Jharkhand Milk Federation
15. (xii) Improving livelihood of farmers beyondmilk
- a) Setting-up Solar Pump Irrigators Cooperative Enterprise
- b) Gobar -Dhan
- c) Beekeeping
- d) Commercialisation of Gochar land for sellingsilage

(b)  &  (c)  Department  of  Animal  Husbandry  and  Dairying  undertakes  review  of  schemes sanctioned to NDDB for execution from time to time. All the activities undertaken by NDDB are  reviewed  by  the  Board,  generally  at  the  interval  of  every  three  months.  The  Corrective action,  if  any,  is  taken  time  to  time  As  per  Section  8(2)  of  NDDB  Act,  1987,  the  Union Government appoints Board of Director of NDDB, which consist of the following namely:

- a) Chairman;
- b) one director from amongst the officials of the Central Government;
- c) two directors from amongst the Chairman of the State Co-operative Dairy Federation;
- d) whole-time directors, not more than three in number; from amongst the executives of the highest grade of NDDB;
- e) one director, being an expert, from outside the NDDB.

The Annual Report of NDDB containing the duly audited financial statements is placed in both the Houses of the Parliament. The Parliamentary Standing Committee had selected the subject 'NDDB - An evaluation' for two consecutive years 2013-14 & 2014-15. During 201617, the said Committee had selected the subject 'Evaluation of National Dairy Plan'. Further, 'Role of NDDB for Protection and Development of Indigenous Cattle breeds' was the theme during the years 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19

(d) Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying is implementing following Dairy Development Schemes to increase the milk production in the country, which leads to increase in the per capita availability of milk in the country:-

- (i) Rashtriya Gokul Mission with the aim to develop and conserve indigenous breeds and enhancing their production and productivity-Central assistance.
- (ii) Dairy  Entrepreneurship  Development  Scheme is being implemented  with  the objective  of  generation  of  self-employment  opportunities  in  the  dairy  sector,  covering activities such as enhancement of milk production, procurement, preservation, transportation, processing and marketing of milk-Central assistance.
- (iii) National Programme for Dairy Development is being implemented with objective to create infrastructure for milk procurement, processing and marketing-Central assistance.
- (iv) National Dairy Plan -I is being implemented with objective to increase the productivity of milch animal and thereby increase milk production to meet the rapidly growing demand for milk and to help provide rural milk producers with greater access to the organized milk processing sector.

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