Lok Sabha Question No. 823 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-07
Subject: Rashtriya Dairy Vikas Yojana
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Arjunlal Meena

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

## MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.823 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07 TH  FEBRUARY 2023

## RASHTRIYA DAIRY VIKAS YOJANA

823. SHRI ARJUN LAL MEENA:

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

- (a) the measures being taken by the Government to upgrade Swachh Dugdh Utpadan Karyakram Yojana and Rashtriya Dairy Vikas Yojana;
- (b) the reasons for giving clearance to the said schemes under National Livestock Mission, SubMission on Feed and Fodder Development;
- (c) the facilities provided by the Government to farmers to promote dairy project; and
- (d) the details of work done so far for welfare and upliftment of farmers and residents of tribal areas under Rashtriya Dairy VikasYojana and NABARD in Udaipur Lok Sabha Constituency?

## ANSWER

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

(a)& (b) National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD) was launched in February 2014 by merging  three  existing  schemes  i.e.  Intensive  Dairy  Development  Programme,  Strengthening Infrastructure for Quality & Clean Milk Production and Assistance to Cooperatives. In July 2021, NPDD has  been  restructured  with  the aim  of  enhancing  quality  of  milk  and  milk  products  and increasing  the  share  of  organised  procurement,  processing,  value  addition  and  marketing;  for implementation from 2021-22 to 2025-26. National Livestock Mission, Sub-Mission on Feed and Fodder Development is a separate scheme aiming to increase availability of fodder and feed.

- (c)  Supplementing  the  efforts  of  the  State  Government,  Department  of  Animal  Husbandry  and Dairying has been implementing the following dairy development schemes:-
- i.   National Programme for Dairy Development
- ii.   Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund
- iii.  Supporting  Dairy  Cooperatives  and  Farmer  Producer  Organisations  engaged  in  dairy activities

The  above  schemes  benefit  farmer-members,  including  financially  weaker  farmers  in  the  dairy sector.

(d)  Under  NPDD  scheme,  2  projects  has  been  approved  in  Udaipur  (Udaipur  Dudh  Utpadak Sahakari  Sangh  Limited)  with  the  total  project  cost  of  Rs.1278.67  lakh  with  a  central  share  of Rs.957.32 lakh and out of this an amount of Rs. 957.32 lakh has been released. The project has assisted  in  creation  of  additional  50  thousand  litres  milk  processing  capacity,  installation  of  115 Automatic Milk Collection Units and 114 Electronic Milk Adulteration Testing Machines.

Besides  the  above,  subsidy  was  channelized  through  NABARD  under  Dairy  Entrepreneurship Development  Scheme  (DEDS)  and  National  Livestock  Mission  (NLM)  schemes.  The  details  of subsidy released by NABARD under these schemes in Udaipur district are as under:-

| Name of the scheme                               |   No. of beneficiaries benefitted | Amount of subsidy released (₹ lakh)   |
|--------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme (DEDS) |                               202 | 96.80*                                |
| National Livestock Mission (NLM)                 |                                 3 | 22.89#                                |

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