Lok Sabha Question No. 1571 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-20
Subject: Animal Unique Identification
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Raja Amareshwara Naik, Jayanta Kumar Roy, Vinod Kumar Sonkar, Bhola Singh, Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo, Sukanta Majumdar

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1571 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20 TH  SEPTEMBER 2020

## ANIMAL UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION

## 1571.  SHRI RAJA AMARESHWARA NAIK:

DR. JAYANTA KUMAR ROY:

SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR:

SHRI BHOLA SINGH:

SHRIMATI SANGEETA KUMARI SINGH DEO:

DR.SUKANTA MAJUMDAR:

Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  developed  Animal  identification  and traceability  using  polyurethane  tags  with  12  digit  Animal  Unique Identification Number  (AUID)  in  consultation  with  International Organisation;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof;
- whether the Government has started the Pashu Sanjivni scheme for animal  identification  and  traceability  to  meet  Sanitary  and  Phyto
- (c) Sanitary (SPS) requirements;
- (d)
- if so, the details thereof;
- (e) the  details  of  the  project  along  with  the  approved  rate  of  each health card (Nakul Swasthya Patra);
- (f)
- the status of the scheme Pashu Sanjivni, Statewise; and
- (g) the  details  of  other  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  in  this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a) and (b) Information Network  for Animal Productivity and Health (INAPH)  has  already  been  developed  by  National  Dairy  Development Board  and  is  being  used  as  National  Data  Base  for  uploading  data  of animals identified using poly urethane tags with 12 digit Animal Unique Identification Number (AUID) and it is as per the International Committee on Animal Recording (ICAR).

- (c) to (e) Government  of  India  is  undertaking  identification  of  in-milk cattle and buffaloes, using 12 digit unique identification number (Pashu Aadhar)  for  the  purpose  of  scientific  breeding  of  animals,  control  of spread  of  diseases,  increasing  trade  of  milk  &  milk  products.  This  is being  implemented  under  the  'Pashu  Sanjivni'      component  of  the scheme  National  Mission  on  Bovine  Productivity  now  subsumed  under Rashtriya Gokul Mission. The approved cost norm for each health card is Rs  4  per  card.  However,  the  traceability  under  Pashu-Aadhar  is  now being  extended  to  all  bovine  animals  as  well  as  sheep,  goat  and  pigs numbering  total  53.5  crore  under  National  Animal  Disease  Control Programe.
- (f) The status of the animals registered, State-wise as per Information Network for Animal Health and Productivity (INAPH) data base is given at Annexure-I.
- (g) The traceability animals using 12 digit unique identification number (Pashu Aadhar) is now being extended to all bovine animals as well as sheep, goat and pigs numbering total 53.5 crore under National Animal Disease Control Programe initiated in September 2019.

Annexure-I

## Details of the animals identified State-wise as per INAPH data base as on 16.9.2020

| S. No.   | State                     |   Animal Registered |
|----------|---------------------------|---------------------|
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |                   0 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh            |             8186658 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh         |                3112 |
| 4        | Assam                     |              410256 |
| 5        | Bihar                     |             2823607 |
| 6        | Chandigarh                |                3407 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh              |             1104547 |
| 8        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      |               15538 |
| 9        | Daman & Diu               |                2082 |
| 10       | Delhi                     |                2335 |
| 11       | Goa                       |               61640 |
| 12       | Gujarat                   |             6841636 |
| 13       | Haryana                   |              643869 |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh          |              636455 |
| 15       | Jammu & Kashmir           |              250099 |
| 16       | Jharkhand                 |              165770 |
| 17       | Karnataka                 |             5714298 |
| 18       | Kerala                    |             1708334 |
| 19       | Lakshadweep               |                   0 |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh            |             8071642 |
| 21       | Maharashtra               |             3104593 |
| 22       | Manipur                   |                   0 |
| 23       | Meghalaya                 |               40961 |
| 24       | Mizoram                   |                5098 |
| 25       | Nagaland                  |                2869 |
| 26       | Odisha                    |             8493316 |
| 27       | Puducherry                |               17150 |
| 28       | Punjab                    |              919445 |
| 29       | Rajasthan                 |             3543677 |
| 30       | Sikkim                    |               11985 |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu                |             5091871 |
| 32       | Telangana                 |             6299470 |
| 33       | Tripura                   |                7946 |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh             |             6987423 |
| 35       | Uttaranchal               |              305694 |
| 36       | West Bengal               |              222317 |
|          | Total                     |            71699100 |