Lok Sabha Question No. 977 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-08
Subject: Self Help Groups for Women in Dairy Sector
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, DNV Senthilkumar. S., Supriya Sadanand Sule, Kuldeep Rai Sharma, Sunil Dattatray Tatkare, Amol Ramsing Kolhe

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 977 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 TH FEBRUARY 2022

## SELF HELP GROUPS FOR WOMEN IN DAIRY SECTOR

## 977.  DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE:

DR. DNV SENTHILKUMAR. S.:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA:

SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE:

DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE

Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

मत्स्यपाऱन , पशुपाऱन और डेयरी मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  associate  more  women  with  Self  Help  Groups (SHG) especially in the dairy sector and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has proposed to provide Central assistance to women associated with dairy sector for the use of modern technology in agriculture and animal husbandry sectors and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  the  financial  assistance  extended  to  SHG  to  develop  dairy  sector  during  the  last  three years in the States of Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra;
- (d) the details of the assistance provided by the Government for the development of the dairy sector in the States of Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra during each of the last three years and the current year; and
- (e) the details of other steps taken by the Government to help SHG to develop dairy sector in rural areas?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

(SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA )

(a) This Department is implementing National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD) and Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF) for Cooperatives, Milk Producer  Companies  (MPC),  Self  Help  Groups  SHG  and  Farmer  Producer's  Organization (FPO). The SHGs are eligible to be supported irrespective of gender.However, the Ministry of Rural Development is implementing DeendayalAntyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods mission (DAY-NRLM) through SHG network.

As  per  information  received  from  National  Bank  for  Agriculture  and  Rural  Development (NABARD), the Ministry of Finance, Government of India has set up a 'Women Self Help Group Development Fund' to implement a 'Scheme for promotion of Women SHGs in Left Wing Extremism Affected and Backward districts of India' including dairy scheme. As on 31 December  2021,  the  cumulative  funds  released  by  NABARD  towards  grant  assistance, training, capacity building and other initiatives, out of this fund, stood at ₹ 150.02 crore.

(b)  This  Department  provides  assistance  under  Dairy  Development  schemes  for  creation/ strengthening /modernization of infrastructure for procurement, processing and marketing of milk  &  milk  products  for  benefit  of  dairy  farmers  including  women.  The  women  member associated in dairy sector also gets benefit under these schemes.

(c) As, on date, no proposal from SHGs under above said schemes has been received in the Department. As per information received from MoRD, as of now, more than 81,000 women farmers  are  being  supported  under  dairy  value  chain  development  interventions  of  DAYNRLM scheme with support of National Dairy Development Board (Dairy Services). This is a demand driven scheme and no proposal was received from Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra under this scheme.

(d)  The  assistance  provided  to  Tamil  Nadu  and  Maharashtra  by  this  Department  for  dairy development  under  NPDD,  Dairy  Entrepreneurship  Development  Scheme  (DEDS),  DIDF and  Supporting  Dairy  Cooperatives  and  Farmer  Producer  Organizations  engaged  in  dairy activities (SDCFPO) during last 3years and current financial year are given below:

(Rs. in Crore)

|         | NPDD (Grant Scheme) (Grant disbursed)   | NPDD (Grant Scheme) (Grant disbursed)   | DIDF (Interest subvention on Loan scheme) (loan disbursed)   | DIDF (Interest subvention on Loan scheme) (loan disbursed)   | SDCFPO (Interest Subvention on Loan Scheme) (interest subvention)   | SDCFPO (Interest Subvention on Loan Scheme) (interest subvention)   | DEDS* (Back ended Capital subsidy Scheme) (Subsidy disbursed   | DEDS* (Back ended Capital subsidy Scheme) (Subsidy disbursed   |
|---------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|         | Tamil Nadu                              | Maharashtra                             | Tamil Nadu                                                   | Maharashtra                                                  | Tamil Nadu                                                          | Maharashtra                                                         | Tamil Nadu                                                     | Maharashtra                                                    |
| 2018-19 | 7.60                                    | 1.84                                    | 0.00                                                         | 0.00                                                         | 0.00                                                                | 0.00                                                                | 10.43                                                          | 18.05                                                          |
| 2019-20 | 13.14                                   | 13.15                                   | 0.00                                                         | 52.83                                                        | 0.00                                                                | 0.00                                                                | 10.11                                                          | 13.90                                                          |
| 2020-21 | 38.60                                   | 16.93                                   | 0.00                                                         | 78.20                                                        | 0.68                                                                | 3.72                                                                | 5.48                                                           | 5.97                                                           |
| 2021-22 | 2.60                                    | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                                         | 0.00                                                         | 0.00                                                                | 0.00                                                                | 00.00                                                          | 00.00                                                          |

*DEDS has been closed on 31.03.2021

(e) (1) NPDD and DIDF Schemes have been recently restructured to include SHGs.

(2)  Apart from above, NABARD has informed to make following efforts for development of SHGs:

- I. NABARD has been extending grant support to partner agencies for promotion and nurturing  of  SHGs,  for  training  and  capacity  building  of  SHG  members  and  other stake holders, beside initiating special programme for backward regions. The domain
2. of SHGs consist of 87.75 percent women groups. SHGs work both in Farm and Non Farm Sector, which includes dairy. II. Micro Enterprise Development Programme (MEDP): NABARD  has been supporting skill and entrepreneurship training to SHG members through MEDP since March 2006. Cumulatively,  around 5.22 lakh SHG members, mostly women, have received training through 18,434 MEDPs as on 31 March 2021. III. Livelihood  and  Enterprise  Development  Programme  (LEDPs): Livelihood  and Enterprise Development Programme (LEDP) was initiated by NABARD on a pilot basis  in  December 2015 with a view to create sustainable livelihoods among SHG members,  mostly  women  and  to  obtain  optimum  benefit  from  skill  upgradation. LEDP envisages conduct of livelihood promotion in both farm and off-farm activities under  project  mode  in  clusters  in  contiguous  villages.  There  is  a  provision  for intensive  training  for  skill  building,  refresher  training,  backward-forward  linkages, handholding  and  escort  support  for  credit  linkage.  Cumulatively  1,36,098  SHG members  have  been  supported  through  1,284  LEDP  programmes  upto  31  March 2021.

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