Lok Sabha Question No. 2713 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-14
Subject: Bovine Health and Quality Feeds
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Khagen Murmu

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

## DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2713

TO BE ANSWERED ON 14 TH  DECEMBER, 2021

## BOVINE HEALTH AND QUALITY FEEDS

2713. SHRI KHAGEN MURMU:

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

be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government agrees that the major issue for a small farmer is his accessibility to timely bovine health and quality feeds at an affordable price, in addition to unforeseen concerns of high  labour  cost  and  remunerative  prices  for  his  produce  linked  to  milk  quality,  Solid-Not-Fat (SNF); and
- (b) if so, the details of initiative(s) taken/being taken by the Government in this regard?

## THE MINISTER OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

## ANSWER (SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

(a) and (b) Yes Sir. The accessibility of bovine health and quality feeds at an affordable price is an important part of the livestock production.

For animal health including bovine health, the Government is implementing the following schemes:

- (i). Livestock  Health  &  Disease  Control(LH&DC): For  control  and  containment  of livestock diseases.
- (ii). National  Animal  Disease  Control  Programme  (NADCP): To  control  Foot  & Mouth Disease (FMD) and Brucellosis and eventual eradication of FMD.

To make the livestock feeds affordable to the farmers, the Government has taken up various initiatives  under  the  sub-mission  of    fodder  and  feed  development  under  National  Livestock Mission (NLM) scheme. The sub-mission on fodder and feed development was designed to address the problems of scarcity of animal feed and fodder resources. It is focused on increasing both the production  and  productivity  of  fodder  and  feed  through  adoption  of  improved  and  appropriate technologies best suited to specific agro-climatic region in both arable and non-arable areas.

Recently,  the  NLM  has  been  realigned  in  2021  to  promote  agri  entrepreneurship  and consequently to  increase  the  fodder  and  feed  production  across  the  country.  Under  the  realigned NLM scheme, capital subsidy towards the project cost is being provided to the entrepreneurs for infrastructure development in feed and fodder sector. The entrepreneurial activities related to the production  of  hay/silage  at  village  level/  procurement  of Fodder  blocks  making  units,  TMR machines/equipment,  Forage  harvester  /reaper  and  Heavy  duty  Power  operated  Chaff  cutters  are supported  under  this  scheme.  Moreover,  under  the  activity  'Assistance  for  quality  fodder  seed production', fodder seed chain i.e. breeder, foundation and certified quality fodder seed production will be incentivized 100%.

Further,  Animal  Husbandry  Infrastructure  Development  Fund  scheme,  ensures  quality concentrated  animal  feed  at  affordable  prices.  Activities  such  as Establishment  of  Mini,  Medium and Large Animal Feed Plant, Total mixed ration block making Unit, By pass protein unit, Mineral mixture  plant,  Enriched  silage  making  unit,  Animal  feed  testing  laboratory  and  other  activities related to animal feed manufacturing are being supported under this scheme.