Lok Sabha Question No. 1026 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-13
Subject: Milk Collection Centres
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre, Ranjeetsingh Naik Nimbalkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1026 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13 TH  DECEMBER 2022

## MILK COLLECTION CENTRES

1026:  SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE:

SHRI RANJEETSINGH HINDURAO NAIK NIMBALKAR:

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

- (a)  the  total  number  of  bulk  milk  coolers  installed  at  village  level  milk  collection  centres  under  the National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD) during the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise including Maharashtra;
- (b) whether the Government has made any efforts to strengthen village level milk test facilities under the programme and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the details of the other steps taken by the Government to strengthen/create infrastructure for quality milk including cold chain infrastructure linking the farmers to the consumer?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) A total of 2646 Bulk Milk Coolers (BMCs) have been installed at village level milk collection centres under the National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD) during the last three years and the current year. State/UT-wise details are at Annexure.
- (b) Under NPDD scheme, village level milk testing laboratories have been strengthened primarily by installing 4009 Electronic Milk Adulteration Testing Machines, 22,795 Automatic Milk Collection Units  (AMCU)/Data Processing and Milk Collection Units (DPMCU), 569 Electronic Milk Testing Machines and 642 Butyro Refractometers.
- (c) Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying is implementing following dairy development schemes,  wherein  provisions  have  been  made  for  providing  financial  assistance  primarily  for strengthening/creation of dairy infrastructure for quality milk procurement, its processing, marketing and working capital requirements:-
- i. National Programme for Dairy Development
- ii. Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund
- iii. Supporting Dairy Cooperatives and Farmer Producer Organizations engaged in dairy activities Besides the above, under the sub-project, Village Based Milk Procurement System under the erstwhile Central  Sector  Scheme-  'National  Dairy  Plan  Phase  I'  (NDP-I)  implemented  by  Department  from March 2012 to November 2019, 29577 AMCU/DPMCU and 4171 Bulk Milk Coolers were installed at the village level.

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## State wise number of Bulk Milk Coolers (BMCs) installed under 'National Programme for Dairy Development' scheme during the last three years and the current year

| Sr.No.   | Name of the State/UT   |   Number of BMCs installed |
|----------|------------------------|----------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh         |                          0 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh      |                          0 |
| 3        | Assam                  |                          0 |
| 4        | Bihar                  |                         49 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh           |                         18 |
| 6        | Goa                    |                          0 |
| 7        | Gujarat                |                        914 |
| 8        | Haryana                |                         59 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh       |                          0 |
| 10       | Jammu &Kashmir         |                         15 |
| 11       | Jharkhand              |                         10 |
| 12       | Karnataka              |                        265 |
| 13       | Kerala                 |                         55 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh         |                         83 |
| 15       | Maharashtra            |                         39 |
| 16       | Manipur                |                         20 |
| 17       | Meghalaya              |                         30 |
| 18       | Mizoram                |                          5 |
| 19       | Nagaland               |                         10 |
| 20       | Odisha                 |                         22 |
| 21       | Pondicherry            |                         15 |
| 22       | Punjab                 |                        264 |
| 23       | Rajasthan              |                        289 |
| 24       | Sikkim                 |                        101 |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu             |                        360 |
| 26       | Telangana              |                         20 |
| 27       | Tripura                |                          3 |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh          |                          0 |
| 29       | Uttarakhand            |                          0 |
| 30       | West Bengal            |                          0 |
|          | Grand total            |                       2646 |