Lok Sabha Question No. 295 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-04
Subject: Constraints in Dairying Sector
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Devji Mansingram Patel

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.295 TO BE ANSWERED ON 4 TH  FEBRUARY 2020

## CONSTRAINTS IN DAIRYING SECTOR

## 295. SHRI DEVJI M.PATEL:

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

(a) whether it is a fact the greatest constraint in the dairying sector is the storage and marketing of  the  dairy  products  as  milk  is  a  highly  perishable  item  and  the  whole  enterprise  of  the farmers goes waste if it is not properly stored/processed and if so, the steps taken for marketing and storage of dairy products by the Government;

(b)  whether  the  farmers  in  the  country  including  Rajasthan  own  on  an  average  two  or  three milch cattle and it is not easy for him to manage storage and marketing at his level, if so, the scheme chalked out by the Government to enable small farmers with two or three milch cattles to undertake storage of milk and initial processing thereof; and

- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) Yes Sir. Government of India is implementing Dairy Development schemes to provide facilities for storage and marketing of milk & milk products. Besides, State Governments also provide financial assistance for storage and marketing of milk & milk products.

Department  of  Animal  Husbandry  &  Dairying  (DAHD)  is  providing  assistance  to cooperatives  for  village  level  bulk  milk  coolers  (BMCs)  which  are  installed  to  cool  and preserve  milk.  As  on  March  2019,  BMC  storage  capacity  at  village  level  and  processing facilities  at  district/regional  level  available  with  the  dairy  cooperatives  in  the  country  are 41447 Thousand Litres and 88274 Thousand Litres Per Day  respectively.  This Department is implementing  following  schemes  for  creation/strengthening  infrastructure  for  collection, chilling, processing and marketing of milk and milk products:-

- (i) National Programme for Dairy Development
- (ii) National Dairy Plan-Phase I
- (iii) Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund
- (iv) Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme

(b) & (c) As per 19 th Livestock Census 2012, there are 190.90 million numbers of cattle in the country  owned  by  65  million  numbers  of  households.  In  a  cooperative  system,  farmers owning milch cattle organise dairy  cooperative  societies  (DCS)  at  village  level  where  they pour milk. The milk so collected from a cluster of such DCS are stored and cooled in BMCs located at one of these DCS. DAHD provides assistance for BMCs to dairy cooperatives for installation at village level dairy cooperative societies to cool and preserve milk. In Rajasthan, as  on  December  2019,  there  are  2686  number  of  BMCs  with  installed  capacity  of  4410 Thousand Litre and 15017 numbers of registered dairy  cooperative societies  covering  8.20 lakh farmers.

In  the  country,  as  on  March  2019,  there  is  an  installed  BMC  capacity  of  41447  Thousand Litre  and  1.91  lakh  number  of  dairy  cooperative  societies  covering  169.29  lakh  farmer members.

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