Lok Sabha Question No. 2225 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-20
Subject: Cooperative Milk Production Centres
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Veena Devi

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2225 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20 th  DECEMBER 2022

## COOPERATIVE MILK PRODUCTION CENTRES

## 2225. SHRIMATI VEENA DEVI:

## Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING मत्स्यपाऱन , पशुपाऱन और डेयरी मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has worked any plan to provide loans to the farmers at cheaper rate to increase milk productivity, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the total number of cooperative milk production centres in the country, State-wise including Uttar Pradesh;
- (c) the details of policy to improve the condition of these centres;
- (d) whether the Government has formulated any concrete policy to provide cheaper loans for the purchase of livestock and to promote the dairy sector; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING (SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

- (a) and (d) Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying is implementing the following schemes for providing subsidy and interest subvention to the farmers to increase milk productivity
- (i)   One of the components of the scheme Rashtriya Gokul Mission is to promote establishment of breed  multiplication  farm  on  hub  and  spoke  model.  Under  the  scheme  50%  capital  subsidy maximum up to Rs.2.00 crore is available for eligible entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs assisted under establishment of breed multiplication farm are also eligible for interest subvention under Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund.
- (ii)  Dairy  Processing  and  Infrastructure  Development  Fund  (DIDF)-  This  scheme  is  being implemented with the objective of creation/ strengthening of milk processing, value addition  & chilling facilities. Under the scheme, NABARD raises the fund from market and disburse loan to dairy cooperatives with 2.5% interest subvention through National Dairy Development Board and

National Cooperative Development Corporation. Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying provides 2.5% interest subvention to National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development.

(iii)    Animal  Husbandry  Infrastructure  Development  Fund  (AHIDF)  -  under  the  scheme  3% interest subvention is made available to eligible beneficiaries availing for establishment of dairy processing and value addition infrastructure in addition to other components of the scheme.

(iv) Support to State Dairy Cooperative & Farmers Producers Organization (SDCFPO): under the scheme one time support in the form of Interest subvention on working capital loan has been introduced from the financial year 2020-21.

(v)          Kisan  Credit  Card  (KCC)  -  For  the  first  time,  Government  of  India  has  extended  KCC facility to Animal Husbandry and Fisheries farmers for their working capital requirement wherein farmers either individual or joint borrower, Joint Liability Groups or Self Help Groups including tenant  farmers  having  owned/rented/leased  sheds  are  eligible  for  getting  benefits  under  the scheme.

(b) The total number of cooperative milk production centres in the country, State-wise including Uttar Pradesh is given at Annexure I

(c)  and  (e)    Department  of  Animal  Husbandry  and  Dairying  is  implementing  the  following schemes to improve the condition of cooperative milk production centres: (i) National Programme for  Dairy  Development;  (ii)  Dairy  Infrastructure  Development  Fund  and  (iii)  Support  to  Dairy Cooperative and Farmer Producers' Organisations.

## The details of Dairy Cooperative Societies organised during 2021-22 (provisional) state wise including Uttar Pradesh

| Name of the State   | 2021-22   |
|---------------------|-----------|
| Andhra Pradesh      | 7,611     |
| Assam               | 485       |
| Bihar               | 27,482    |
| Chhattisgarh        | 1,098     |
| Goa                 | 183       |
| Gujarat             | 22,192    |
| Haryana             | 7,580     |
| Himachal Pradesh    | 1,097     |
| Jammu &Kashmir      | 910       |
| Jharkhand           | 859       |
| Karnataka           | 17,014    |
| Kerala              | 3,378     |
| Madhya Pradesh      | 11,192    |
| Maharashtra         | 19,492    |
| Meghalaya           | 21        |
| Mizoram             | 42        |
| Nagaland            | 52        |
| Odisha              | 6,713     |
| Puducherry          | 108       |
| Punjab              | 8,847     |
| Rajasthan           | 23,280    |
| Sikkim              | 648       |
| Tamil Nadu          | 10,540    |
| Telangana           | 6,835     |
| Tripura             | 133       |
| Uttar Pradesh       | 42,389    |
| Uttarakhand         | 4,208     |
| West Bengal         | 3,985     |
| Total               | 2,28,374  |