Lok Sabha Question No. 319 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-20
Subject: Schemes for Fisheries and Dairy Farming
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Raju Bista, Heena Vijaykumar Gavit, Shardaben Anilbhai Patel, Thomas Chazhikadan, Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhepatil, Mitesh Rameshbhai (Bakabhai) Patel

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

## DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.319 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20 TH JULY 2021

## SCHEMES FOR FISHERIES AND DAIRY FARMING

## 319:  SHRI RAJU BISTA:

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

- (a) whether the Government has received any proposal from the State Government of West Bengal on reviving  Himalayan  Cooperative  Milk  Producers'  Union  Ltd.  (HIMUL),  for  which  the  Hon'ble minsiter had mentioned National Dairy Development Board (NDDB)'s offer to provide technical support for the revival of HIMUL to Hon'ble West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee vide D.O. No. 4-01/2019-DP dated 19 th September, 2019;
- (b) the details of animal husbandry and integrated farming initiatives run by the Government in the districts of Darjeeling, Kalimpong, and North Dinajpur;
- (c) the details of registered beneficiaries under schemes for fisheries and dairy farming; and
- (d) the  details  of  assistance  extended  to  SC/ST  communities  under  various  schemes  of  Fisheries, Animal  Husbandry  and  Dairying  in  Darjeeling,  Kalimpong  and  Chopra  block  under  North Dinajpur district?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Department  of  Animal  Husbandry  and  Dairying,  Government  of  India,  has  not  received  any proposal  from  State  Government  of  West  Bengal  for  reviving  Himalayan  Cooperative  Milk Producers'  Union  Ltd.  (HIMUL),  after  National  Dairy  Development  Board  (NDDB)'s  offer  to provide  technical  support  for  the  revival  of  HIMUL  to  Hon'ble  West  Bengal  Chief  Minister Mamata Banerjee vide D.O. No. 4-01/2019-DP dated 19 th September, 2019.
- (b) Department  of  Animal  Husbandry  and  Dairying  has  not  received  any  proposal  for  dairy development  of  the  districts  of  Darjeeling,  Kalingpong  and  North  Dinajpur.  However,  the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying is implementing following animal husbandry & dairy  development schemes across the country including the districts of Darjeeling,  Kalingpong and North Dinajpur for the benefit of Animal Husbandry and Dairy development:-
- i. Rashtriya Gokul Mission
- ii. National Programme for Dairy Development
- iii. National Livestock Mission
- iv. National Health and Disease Control Scheme
- v. National Animal Disease Control Programme
- vi. Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund
- vii. Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund
- viii. Supporting  Dairy  Cooperatives  and  Farmer  Producer  Organisations  engaged  in  dairy activities
- (c) &  (d)  Details  of  beneficiaries  covered  and  assistance  extended  under  Department's  beneficiary oriented activities/schemes are as under;
- i. Under Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY), Department of Fisheries has informed that the concerned States/UTs identify  the beneficiaries under this Scheme and Government of West Bengal has not availed the benefits of the PMMSY during the first year of its implementation i.e 2020-21.
- ii. Under National Animal Disease Control Programme (NADCP), an amount of altogether, Rs.38.34 Crore has been released to West Bengal during 2019-20 and 2020-21.
- iii. Under National Programme for Dairy Development scheme, since inception, 3532 farmermembers  have  been  benefitted  in  West  Bengal  till  30.06.2021.  No  project  has  been submitted  by  State  Government  of  West  Bengal  for  Darjeling,  Kalingpong  and  North Dinajpur districts under the scheme.
- iv. Under the erstwhile Dairy Entrepreneurship Development scheme (DEDS), altogether 204 SC/ST  dairy  farmers  have  been  benefited  with  a  subsidy  amount  of  Rs  83.38  Lakh  in Darjeeling,  Kalimpong  and  North  Dinajpur  districts  of  West  Bengal  from  01.04.2014  to 14.07.2021.
- v. Under the erstwhile Entrepreneurship Development and Employment Generation (EDEG) component  of  National  Livestock  Mission,  altogether  3873  beneficiaries  have  been benefited with an amount of Rs.19.31 Crore in West Bengal during 2014-15 to 2020-21. District-wise data for SC/ ST beneficiaries is not available.
- vi. Under  Innovative  Poultry  Productivity  Project  for  broilers  under  National  Livestock Mission, altogether, 71  SC/ST beneficiaries  with an amount of Rs 47.55 lakh have been assisted in West Bengal during 2017-18 & 2019-20.

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